Resolution number
9
Whereas
- The IRB in Montreal has adopted a new policy on scheduling refugee claims and as a result will be hearing a large percentage of more recently arrived refugee claimants ahead of claims that have been waiting for a longer time;
- This policy will increase the hardship of many refugee claimants who have already been suffering the effects of long delays;
- Administrative needs should not be put ahead of the rights of refugees to a just and speedy hearing of their claims;
Therefore be it resolved
That the CCR:
- Is opposed to the implementation of the new IRB policy, which will put recent claims ahead of pre-existing claims for their own administrative purposes;
- Express to the IRB our deep concerns and opposition to this policy.
Subject
Working Group
Inland Protection