Resolution number
1
Whereas
- There have been many documented cases where CBSA officers at the Port Of Entry (POE) have issued removal orders against people seeking refugee protection in Canada before they were able to state their intent to claim refugee status.
- The consequence of this is to deprive a claimant of access to the Immigration and Refugee Board.
- There is no stay of removal pending an application for a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA) once a removal order has been issued.
- As a result there are documented cases of people being removed without any risk assessment.
Therefore be it resolved
That the CCR call on the government to issue regulations or guidelines that would require POE officers to ask persons subject to removal if they fear persecution in their country of origin or of habitual residence before issuing a removal order.
Subject
Working Group
Inland Protection