Immigration And Refugee: Refugee Cases

Refugee Claims Dept: All had their applications rejected by the Immigration and Refugee Board or officers of Citizenship and Immigration Canada even though, in 1993, Canada became the first country in the world to establish formal guidelines for refugee claims by women facing gender-related persecution, according to Calgary Herald. Four of the recent cases involve women -two from the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, one from Brazil and one from Mexico -who are victims of spousal abuse. The other is a woman from Guyana who was raped in front of her children during a home invasion and the parallels in the five refugee cases are striking. All feature women seeking to remain in Canada because of well-founded fears for their safety in their home countries. And in the past month, the Federal Court has overturned all five decisions and ordered new hearings. As reported in the news.
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