I move that Bill C-12, in clause 73, be amended by adding after line 8 on page 32 the following:
(1.2) If a claim is determined to be ineligible under subsection 101(1), the officer shall terminate the processing of the claim in accordance with the rules of the Board.
Colleagues, once an officer determines that a refugee claim is ineligible, they should stop processing it. They must stop processing it. The claim should not continue on to the IRB.
This amendment would bring efficiency back to the process, ensuring that the IRB is not further backlogged and delayed with applications that have already been deemed inadmissible by officers.