Asylum Seekers and Canada

Canada: Asylum seekers, according to The Star. Government-assisted refugees: Canada will welcome between 240,00 and 265,000 new permanent residents this year, of which as many as 13,900 will be sponsored refugees. Refugees are people who are outside their home country or the country where they normally live and are unwilling to return because of well-founded fear of persecution based on race, religion, political opinion, nationality or membership in a particular social group. There are three different ways for refugees to get to Canada: They have made their own way to Canada and claim protection under international law in this country. In 2013, Canada accepted 8,094 asylum claims. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.