Eritrean Refugees: Visa Officers

Visa Officer Dept: In fact, more than a third of cases were refused simply because the visa officer did not believe the refugee s story. No analysis appeared to be made using set criteria that determines refugee status, says the internal report prepared by Citizenship and Immigration Canada staff, according to The Star. Refugee advocates have complained about poor decision-making by visa officers overseas and lack of accountability in the determination process. In May, they won a court case overturning decisions made by one visa officer at the Cairo mission rejecting 40 Eritrean refugees and canadian visa officers do not always refer to the law when accepting or rejecting refugees awaiting resettlement to Canada, a federal report says. The record did not always clearly indicate how an application either met or failed to meet the regulatory criteria, said the 94-page study. As reported in the news.
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