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Letter to Minister on sponsorship (G5 pause and low levels)

18 December 2024

The Honourable Marc Miller, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

RE: Pause on G5 sponsorships and reduction in levels for Privately Sponsored Refugees

Dear Minister,

I am writing to communicate the strong disappointment of the Canadian Council for Refugees at your decision to close the Group of 5 (G5) and Community sponsorship programs to new applications until 2026.

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CCR Joint Statement on the Adoption of Bill C20

Long overdue review and complaints body for Canadian Border Services and Mounties welcomed by rights advocates, but warn that gaps in legislation will undermine accountability

 

Nov. 7, 2024, OTTAWA – Civil society groups are welcoming the adoption of Bill C-20 and the long-overdue establishment of an independent review body for the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).

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Canada betrays refugees – CCR Statement on 2025 Levels Announcement

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24 October 2024

Canada betrays refugees – CCR Statement on 2025 Levels Announcement

In a shameful abdication of responsibility, the Canadian government has massively reduced its commitment to offer protection to those fleeing persecution and danger in the world, and all but ensured that refugees in Canada will remain separated from their spouses and children for years to come. The CCR condemns today’s announcement and calls on the government to reverse this dangerous course.

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CCR Letter to the Prime Minister: Time to deliver a broad and comprehensive regularization program

March 14, 2024

 

Dear Prime Minister,

The Canadian Council for Refugees is calling on you to act on your government’s longstanding commitment to introduce a broad and comprehensive regularization program that would provide permanent residence to those among us who live precariously without status and access to basic rights.

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CCR letter on the immigration measures in response to the conflict in Sudan

February 21, 2024

Re: Immigration measures in response to the conflict in Sudan

Dear Minister,

The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) welcomes the federal government’s actions to support a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Sudan and to provide humanitarian assistance to the millions of people displaced and otherwise affected by violence and insecurity, as a result of the continuing conflict.

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CCR letter on the temporary immigration measures in response to humanitarian crisis in Gaza

CCR wrote to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship with great concern because the details and roll out of the Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) for Gaza are deeply problematic and display an unacceptable inequity in Canada’s responses to humanitarian emergencies. The discrepancies (as with the measures announced recently for Sudan) reflect systemic racism in our immigration system and underscore the need for an effective, equitable and transparent policy framework to guide emergency immigration responses.

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Letter to the Prime Minister calling for a ceasefire in Gaza

1 November 2023

 

Dear Prime Minister,

The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) is Canada's leading voice for the rights, protection, sponsorship, settlement, and well-being of refugees and migrants, in Canada and globally. CCR is driven by 200 member organizations working with, from, and for these communities, who have seen and know first-hand the lasting and intergenerational impacts of forced displacement and war.

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Statement on Canada’s decision to support only 11,000 migrants from the Americas

The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) is deeply dismayed that the Canadian government has downgraded its commitment to offer protection to 15,000 migrants from the Americas, which it made following the expansion of the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) with the United States in March 2023.

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