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18 November 2014
160 organizations urge Minister of Finance to keep social assistance for all
The Canadian Council for Refugees has joined 160 organizations across Canada in opposing provisions in the budget bill (Bill C-43) that would open to the door to refugee claimants being denied social assistance.
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28 October 2014
Budget bill targets refugees at their most vulnerable
Canada without Poverty and the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) today expressed their deep dismay at provisions in Bill C-43, the omnibus budget bill that could lead to newly arrived refugees being deprived of social assistance.
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30 September 2014
Coroner’s Inquest: Answers needed to circumstances of death in CBSA detention
The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) today expressed its hopes for answers from the inquest this week in Vancouver into the death of Lucia Vega Jiménez in immigration detention.
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25 August 2014
Federal Court ruling on refugee appeal welcomed
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30 July 2014
New restrictions mean families will be broken apart
The Canadian Council for Refugees today expressed its disappointment at the narrowing of the definition of dependent child in the immigration rules, starting August 1st . The maximum age is being reduced from 21 to 18 years and the exception for full-time students is eliminated.
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9 July 2014
Syrian refugee crisis requires strong Canadian response
The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) today expressed its support for a substantial Canadian response to the UNHCR appeal for pledges for 100,000 places for Syrian refugees over the next two years (2015-2016). The CCR urges the government to focus its commitment on Government Assisted Refugees, and to introduce measures for Syrians with family in Canada.
Canadian Council for Refugees and International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group
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14 May 2014
Supreme Court Harkat decision maintains fundamentally unfair process for non-citizens
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7 May 2014
New CCR report shows established refugees now face loss of status in Canada
The Canadian Council for Refugees today released its report “Cessation: stripping refugees of their status in Canada”. The report provides case examples and shows that, following recent changes to the law, refugees now live in fear of loss of status and removal from Canada, in a process that is arbitrary, draconian and absurd.
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30 April 2014
Court rules that helping refugees is a criminal offence in Canada
The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) is deeply disappointed at the decision of the BC Court of Appeal in Appulonappa, which concludes that Parliament intended to make it a criminal offence to help refugees, on a humanitarian basis, and that the Charter allows it.
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6 February 2014
Citizenship bill makes Canada less welcoming towards newcomers