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Cessation -the Loss of Protected Person Status

About a decade ago, stakeholders noticed a marked increase in applications to cessate the status of those granted protection in Canada. The Canadian Council for Refugees discussed this at length in an article published in 2014.[1] CBSA had a quota to reach and thus began a modern era of enforcement against those that had succeeded in their refugee claims and had even obtained Permanent Residence status. It is true that refugee [protected person] status is a “transitory phenomenon” under the Convention and that there are “various situations in which refugee protection may come to an end”.[2] The Convention and our own IRPA allow for the cessation of such status triggered where there is evidence of re-availment to the state of origin/country of reference, by re-acquisition of its nationality or re-establishment.[3] This is one of the more complex areas of refugee practice. As Professor Hathaway notes: …difficult conceptual issues can … arise. For example, what types of action amount to formal “re-availment” … or re-acquisition of its citizenship? Is every return … tantamount to “re-establishment” there …[4] For years, such applications were triggered by return trips (as disclosed or determined at the POE, PR card renewal applications and other immigration applications,... Read more →

Interview discussing the federal worker strike on immigration processing (Punjabi)

Immigration lawyer Raj Sharma is interviewed by RedFM host Rishi Nagar during his Punjabi language morning show discussing the federal government strike impact on immigration processing and issues for international students and temporary residents. Stewart Sharma Harsanyi Immigration Lawyers · 2023 05 01 Redfm Interview Read more →