🍁 In Simple Terms
People who face serious and personalized risk or hardship in their country but don't meet the strict legal definition of a Convention refugee may qualify under the Country of Asylum class. This class provides a pathway to permanent residence on humanitarian grounds.
Affects: Refugee claimants and protected persons
Legal Text: IRPR Regulation 146
(1)For the purposes of subsection 12(3) of the Act, a person in similar circumstances to those of a Convention refugee is a member of the country of asylum class.
Humanitarian-protected persons abroad
(2)The country of asylum class is prescribed as a humanitarian-protected persons abroad class of persons who may be issued permanent resident visas on the basis of the requirements of this Division.
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Official Source: Justice Canada: IRPR r. 146 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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