🍁 In Simple Terms
When applying for a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment, you can submit written arguments and supporting documents, including with help from a lawyer at your own expense. If you're relying on new evidence not previously before a decision-maker, you must clearly identify it and explain how it applies to your situation.
Affects: Refugee claimants and protected persons
Legal Text: IRPR Regulation 161
(1)Subject to section 166, a person applying for protection may make written submissions in support of their application and for that purpose may be assisted, at their own expense, by a barrister or solicitor or other counsel.
New evidence
(2)A person who makes written submissions must identify the evidence presented that meets the requirements of paragraph 113(a) of the Act and indicate how that evidence relates to them.
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Official Source: Justice Canada: IRPR r. 161 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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