Certain refugee claims are ineligible for referral to the RPD — for example, if the person has been recognized as a refugee elsewhere, has been convicted of a serious crime, or is subject to a security certificate.
(1)A claim is ineligible to be referred to the Refugee Protection Division if(a) refugee protection has been conferred on the claimant under this Act;
(b)a claim for refugee protection by the claimant has been rejected by the Board;
(c)a prior claim by the claimant was determined to be ineligible to be referred to the Refugee Protection Division, or to have been withdrawn or abandoned;
(c.1)the claimant has, before making a claim for refugee protection in Canada, made a claim for refugee protection to a country other than Canada, and the fact of its having been made has been confirmed in accordance with an agreement or arrangement entered into by Canada and that country for the purpose of facilitating information sharing to assist in the administration and enforcement of their immigration and citizenship laws;
(d)the claimant has been recognized as a Convention refugee by a country other than Canada and can be sent or returned to that country;
(e)the claimant came directly or indirectly to Canada from a country designated by the regulations, other than a country of their nationality or their former habitual residence; or
(f)the claimant has been determined to be inadmissible on grounds of security, violating human or international rights, serious criminality or organized criminality.