Resettlement policy

That the CCR:

1. Urge CIC to abandon the use of concepts of ‘signatory countries’ and ‘fair and effective protection regimes’ and focus its attention on the availability of a durable solution for the individual applicant.
2. Urge that OP5 be amended to conform to IRPA and to set out that there is no reasonable prospect of a durable solution in all those situations where it has been improperly applied, and in particular, those situations where: a)    a refugee claim has been made in the country where the person is located and rejected.

    

    b)    the determination of a refugee claim in the country where the person is located is subject to undue delays.

    

    c)    a refugee claim is pending in the country where the person is located and likely to be rejected for the reason that the concept of protection is applied more narrowly by that country than by Canada.

    

    d)    the person has been denied access to the local refugee determination regime because of the person’s own prior irrevocable waiver of the right to access the refugee determination system.
3. Request that CIC:
   a) make it clear to sponsors and the applicant when CIC believes that applicants are in a country where local integration may represent a durable solution.
   b) indicate concretely what the proposed durable solution is.

    

    
   c) allow the sponsors and the applicant to rebut that presumption.
4. Urge its members to litigate failed resettlement cases where ‘signatory country’ was the issue.

That the CCR urge the Canadian government to commit to maintain global access to resettlement and increase the resources to make that access effective.

That the CCR call on CIC and CBSA to adopt as a standard operating procedure the referral of claimants to appropriate and willing community agencies, such as an immigrant serving agency or legal aid, in a city or area of choice of the claimant, immediately after eligibility has been determined.