Resolution number
19
Whereas
- Palestinian refugee claimants from Lebanon have faced an inconsistent and uninformed decision making process which has resulted in the rejection of some deserving refugees claims.
- Registered and unregistered Palestinian refugees from Lebanon face systematic discrimination and human rights abuses.
- Palestinians may face persecution by non-state actors.
- The stateless Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, often in 56 year old refugee camps, are not accorded the host state’s protection, are denied any possibility of citizenship and receive no direct and inviolable international protection.
- Many of the Palestinian refugees from Lebanon have lived in Canada for over two years and in that time established themselves in Canadian society.
- Resolution 12, Nov. 03 called for recourses in Canada for stateless persons.
Therefore be it resolved
That the CCR:
- Inform CIC of the well-documented evidence of systematic human rights violations, the recognition by certain IRB members of said violations as persecution and the inconsistent decision-making on Palestinian claims.
- Call on CIC to facilitate the H&C process, in light of the unique circumstances faced by stateless Palestinian refugees from Lebanon, to allow the refused refugee claimants to be granted permanent resident status in Canada.
- Call on CIC to collaborate with the Palestinian community in Canada to resolve the problems of ID requirements that may be faced by stateless Palestinian refugees.
Working Group
Inland Protection