Yes, but those individuals making a claim under section 25 will not necessarily have been rejected by the IRB nor will they have necessarily gone through the process of applying for refugee status. They may be immigrants who live here or students who have been here on a temporary basis. Furthermore, if they have failed at the IRB level, then they will no longer be able to apply.
Therefore this isn't a linear process but rather a parallel process. Why were those criteria removed from the process?