Recommendations for Changes in Canada's Refugee Status Determination Procedures

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  • Refuge Editor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.21095

Keywords:

Refugee Determination Procedure, Transitional Procedure, Family Reunification, Examination-Under-Oath, Right to Counsel

Abstract

In his address to the National Sym- posium on Refugee Determination, Toronto, February 20, 1982, the former Minister of Employment and Immigra- tion, Lloyd Axworthy, underlined that the development of a humane, fair and workable system for determining refugee status is an evolutionary process, moving "from practices which met our former needs to those that will respond to our needs today and in the future." The Concerned Delegation has been an active participant in that evolutionary process. On March 13, 1979, a brief on "Recommended Changes in Canada's Refugee Status Determination Pro- cedure" was presented to the Honourable Bud Cullen. In that brief, recommenda- tions were made to support four key principles.

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Published

1983-12-01

How to Cite

Refuge Editor, . . (1983). Recommendations for Changes in Canada’s Refugee Status Determination Procedures. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, 3(2), 16–18. https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.21095

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Special Section: Refugees in Central America

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