Lets the Minister sign a memorandum of understanding with an organization that can find and identify refugees overseas, which is where referrals to Canada come from in the first place. The organization has to know the protection provisions of the Act and be able to do the work on the ground. The memorandum has to spell out the territory it covers, how many referrals it can make and how, how its people are trained, and what would get the arrangement suspended or cancelled.
(1)The Minister may enter into a memorandum of understanding with an organization for the purpose of locating and identifying Convention refugees and persons in similar circumstances if the organization demonstrates (a)a working knowledge of the provisions of the Act relating to protection criteria; and (b)an ability abroad to locate and identify Convention refugees and persons in similar circumstances.
(2)The memorandum of understanding shall include provisions with respect to (a)the geographic area to be served by the organization; (b)the number of referrals that may be made by the organization and the manner of referral; (c)the training of members or employees of the organization; and (d)the grounds for suspending or cancelling the memorandum of understanding.