United States: Safe Third Country
Resolution number:
16
November 2002
Whereas:
- Canada is proposing to implement the Safe Third Country Agreement;
- The USA is involved in regional conflicts e.g. Plan Colombia, Andean Initiatives, and Middle East conflicts which create internally displaced persons and asylum seekers;
- CCR recognizes that US asylum procedures may be prejudicial and/or biased towards asylum seekers from countries that have significant US involvement in those countries' conflicts;
Therefore be it resolved:
That the CCR ask the Canadian Government to exempt all asylum seekers from such countries from being sent back to the United States under the Safe Third Country Agreement.
Subject:
Working Group:
Inland Protection