Canadian Council for Refugees and Federal Government

federal government: Wielding new powers that came in with changes to immigration law in 2012, the federal government is now actively pursuing reopening asylum files under what known as a cessation application and forcing refugees whose circumstances have changed to leave Canada, according to Metro News. An internal document obtained by the Canadian Council for Refugees under an access to information request showed the Conservative government has set an annual target of 875 applications to strip refugee status and Ottawa has slowly and quietly stepped up efforts to strip permanent resident status from former refugees who were granted asylum in Canada and later returned to the country where they once faced persecution. The number of people who had their protection ceased in 2014 was almost five times the number in 2012 rising from 24 to 116 according to the Immigration and Refugee Board IRB , which is mandated to decide if the individuals are still refugees or not. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.