Media Release

Three recommendations to protect refugees and make our communities better

This upcoming Refugee Rights Day (April 4), the Canadian Council for Refugees is urging the government to resettle more refugees, to process refugee applications more quickly and to treat refugee claimants fairly.

The Canadian Council for Refugees calls on Canada to care about caregivers

This International Women’s Day, the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) calls on the federal government to change its policies to respect the rights and contributions of the many women who come to this country as caregivers.

The CCR welcomes Budget 2018’s additional resources for refugee determination and increased government resettlement

The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) welcomes the additional resources provided in the 2018 Budget for refugee determination at the Immigration and Refugee Board, which will allow refugee claimants to be heard sooner.

19 January 2018

The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P.
Prime Minister of Canada
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2

Dear Prime Minister,

            The Canadian Council for Refugees joins its voice to the appeal from the National Council of Canadian Muslims requesting that January 29 be designated a National Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia.

International Migrants Day: Calling for access to permanent residence and family unity

Media Release

For immediate release
14 December 2017

Five years later, refugees are suffering the consequences of unfair and inefficient changes to the refugee system

Submission made by the Canadian Council for Refugees and Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers to the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers’ Meeting on Human Rights, December 2017:

Moving Forward: A vision for strengthened international human rights implementation in Canada

Almost seven decades ago Canada joined other states in adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, agreeing that “recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.”  The Declaration and other principles of international law, make it clear that these universal human rights principles are binding on all levels of government