Federal Immigration and Refugee Board Resources

Here’s a helpful resource from the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada:

Interpretation of the Convention Refugee Definition in the Case Law

Contents include:

  • Ch. 1 – Introduction
  • Ch. 2 – Country of Persecution
  • Ch. 3 – Persecution
  • Ch. 4 – Grounds of Persecution – Nexus
  • Ch. 5 – Well-founded Fear
  • Ch. 6 – State Protection
  • Ch. 7 – Change of Circumstances, Compelling Reasons, and Sur Place Claims
  • Ch. 8 – Internal Flight Alternative (IFA)
  • Ch. 9 – Particular Situations
  • Ch. 10 – Exclusion Clauses – Article 1E
  • Ch. 11 – Article 1F
  • Keypoints 

Additional Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada Legal Resources are also available.

h/t @LAManitoba (Legal Aid Manitoba)

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