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Feature: Proposed US-Canada accord sparks debate
3 Sep 2002 The UN refugee agency raises some questions over a bilateral "safe third country" agreement that would require claimants to seek asylum in the first of the two countries they reach. The proposed deal, says UNHCR, could encourage people-smuggling, or cause a backlog of applicants waiting at the border for a decision. -
Canada: new law comes into effect today
28 Jun 2002 -
High Commissioner's mission to Canada
1 Feb 2002 -
Canada: important court ruling
15 Jan 2002 -
UNHCR welcomes Canadian ruling limiting torture-related deportations
15 Jan 2002 UNHCR welcomes a ruling by Canada's Supreme Court limiting the government's power to deport terrorist suspects if they face the possibility of torture on their return home. -
Canada's Kosovar programme ends
25 Jul 2001 Canada's participation in a unique programme to protect refugees fleeing the 1999 Kosovo conflict has come to an end with the return of the final six Kosovo Albanians to their homeland. -
Canada: government efforts welcomed
7 Apr 2000