Not everyone who needs resettlement fits the Convention refugee definition, so this opens a second door: the country of asylum class, for people whose circumstances are similar to a refugee's. Belonging to it makes you a humanitarian-protected person abroad, and a permanent resident visa can be issued on the same terms as the rest of this division. The specific conditions you have to satisfy come in the section right after this one.
(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.
(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.