Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't have that statistic on hand with me, but I will say that the U.S. does have a system where people could access counsel or get information on the asylum claim process, and information is also readily available online. That's all I can say at this moment in answer to your q

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will undertake to see if we have those statistics first and then provide them to the committee.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will address that question. Recently, in 2021, UNHCR welcomed changes in the U.S. to their decision-making process related to gender-based and gang-related violence claims. They walked back and repealed a decision called the “Matter of A-B-”, which had made it more difficult

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That is in line with our role internationally, as it is here in Canada. We work on a bilateral basis with the U.S. government to make recommendations on the way they determine refugee claims, and we put forward ways to strengthen that system. A lot of those recommendations are pu

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will address a part of that question and I will let my colleague complement as well. First, I have just a small correction in terms of 50% of those people actually being returned once a determination is done: 61% of irregular arrivals are accepted as refugees in Canada current

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That part is not necessarily something for UNHCR to comment on. We do note that, to keep a very sound asylum system that is strong, it should be used only for asylum. Once someone has exhausted all their levels of appeal, they should be either regularized through another immigrat