Refugees and persons needing protection are people in or outside
Canada who fear returning to their country of nationality or habitual
residence. In keeping with its humanitarian tradition and international
obligations, Canada provides protection to thousands of people every
year.
Through its refugee protection system, Canada offers safe haven to
persons with a well-founded fear of persecution, as well as those
at risk of torture or cruel and unusual treatment or punishment. Canada's
refugee protection system consists of two main components: 1-The
Refugee and Humanitarian Resettlement Program, for people seeking
protection from outside Canada; and
2-The In-Canada Refugee Protection Process, for persons making refugee
protection claims from within Canada.
Canada has signed the United Nations 1951
Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967
Protocol. This Convention protects refugees from being returned
to a country where they would face persecution. |
