Immigration And Refugee: Asylum Seekers

Decision Database Dept: In essence, asylum seekers must produce evidence that returning to their home country would result in injury or death. After weighing the evidence, a board member decides whether that person can stay in Canada. This decision is reflected in the board's acceptance rate, the last column that appears in the table that you'll search, according to CBC. A News analysis of the IRB's decision database demonstrates that the overall average acceptance rate has declined significantly over the years and, as of the end of June, stood at about 40 per cent for 2010. Still, individual countries such as Sri Lanka and Afghanistan continue to experience rates much higher than the average, although their rates have also been declining and between 2006 and 2009, a yearly average of 29,924 refugee claimants were referred to the Immigration and Refugee Board. They arrived in Canada through various means, asking to stay. The Immigration and Refugee Board hears their cases and decides based on the merits of each case. The acceptance rate is calculated by dividing the number of refugee claimants accepted by the total number of cases the IRB has finalized from that country during the time period in question. As reported in the news.
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