Immigration Law
Immigration law refers to the national statutes, regulations, and legal precedents governing immigration into and deportation from a country. Strictly speaking, it is distinct from other matters such as naturalization and citizenship, although they are sometimes conflated. Countries frequently maintain laws that regulate both the rights of entry and exit as well as internal rights, such as the duration of stay, freedom of movement, and the right to participate in commerce or government.Immigration laws vary around the world and throughout history, according to the social and political climate of the place and time, as the acceptance of immigrants sways from …
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IHRP: International Human Rights Program, University of Toronto · 25 August 2024 English
This area of the legal practice and advocacy is steeped in international and transnational law, anti-racism and trauma-informed lawyering, and the challenges of corporate and government accountability. [...] I am …
supported them in gathering important evidence. Immigration Law I assisted workers applying to federal programs …
ELC: Environmental Law Centre · 3 July 2024 English
RESTORING SHELLFISH HABITAT: In response to our August report on behalf of the Pauquachin Nation to local government regarding the rehabilitation of shellfish habitat on the Saanich Peninsula, North Saanich …
different areas of legal practice (e.g. health or immigration law) and how (or if) lawyers have engaged with …
CCR: Canadian Council for Refugees · 3 June 2024 English
Refugee claim process: new step pre-referral The Budget Implementation Act will amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) to create a new stage in the process between a refugee …
Many of the proposed changes to refugee and immigration law are major and extremely concerning. Indeed …
CCR: Canadian Council for Refugees · 27 May 2024 English
Refugee claim process: new step pre-referral The Budget Implementation Act will amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) to create a new stage in the process between a refugee …
studying the proposed changes to refugee and immigration law in Bill C-69 • Senate Committee on National … Many of the proposed changes to refugee and immigration law are major and extremely concerning. Indeed … studying the proposed changes to refugee and immigration law in Bill C-69 Senate Committee on National …
CCR: Canadian Council for Refugees · 29 April 2024 English
Processing delays for the dependents of Protected Persons We write on behalf of the National Immigration Law Section and Child and Youth Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA Sections), and the … Canadian Council for Refugees, to recommend the issuance of Temporary Residen. [...] The CBA Immigration Law Section is comprised of over 1,200 lawyers, practicing in all aspects of immigration, refugee …
Persons We write on behalf of the National Immigration Law Section and Child and Youth Law Section of … and the administration of justice. The CBA Immigration Law Section is comprised of over 1,200 lawyers … Tempesta) Gabriela Ramo Caterina Tempesta Chair, Immigration Law Section Chair, Child and Youth Law Section …
Wilson Center Canada · 8 April 2024 English
WORKING GROUP REPORT US Leadership Matters in Addressing Forced Displacement Crisis Six Major Issues with Recommendations for Refugee Policy and Programming AUTHORS: Susan Martin James Hollifield John Thon Majok RAFDI …
questions about the underlying restrictive immigration law in place, but provisions were made to borrow … worldwide to deter the admission of terrorists. US immigration law in the late 19th and early 20th century had …
CUPE: Canadian Union of Public Employees · 5 April 2024 English
The maximum amount of time a temporary ROLE OF THE UNION worker can work in Canada may depend on Like other contract or temporary workers, the contract they sign with …
SOLIDARITY AND ACTION GUIDE ACTION 8: ASK FOR HELP Immigration law is complex. CUPE representatives, local executive … general are not expected to be experts in immigration law. Reach out to your CUPE national representative …
CHRC: Canadian Human Rights Commission · 28 March 2024 English
Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the occasion of its consideration of Canada’s 21st – 23rd Periodic Reports Human Rights Canadian Human Rights Commission Submission …
review proceedings and that, because under immigration law Canadian citizens cannot be formally detained …
CCLA: Canadian Civil Liberties Association · 6 March 2024 English
If the Department of Justice decides to issue the Authority to Proceed, the next step is an extradition hearing, which takes place before a judge of the Superior Court.24 At …
these established principles outside of the immigration law context may seem to run counter to findings … findings in numerous cases in the immigration law context, such as Tapambwa v. Canada (MCI)13 and Kreishan v … forward, an assessment of s. 7 engagement in the immigration law context must be undertaken in accordance with … jurisprudence on rights infringement in the immigration law context is out of step with the Supreme Court’s … the assessment of liberty interests in the immigration law context is not in line with established s. …
CBA: Canadian Bar Association · 14 February 2024 English
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States Regulations I write on behalf of the Immigration Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA … Morissette for Gabriela Ramo) Gabriela Ramo Chair, Immigration Law Section cc. Luc Langlois (email: Luc.Langlois@cbsa-asfc …
