Appendix B. Selected provisions of the immigration and refugee protection regulations

AuthorSasha Baglay/Martin Jones
Pages496-512
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APPENDIX B
SELECTED PROVISIONS
OF THE
IMMIGRATION
AND REFUGEE
PROTECTION
R EG UL ATIO NS
Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations
[Regulations pursuant to the IRPA, including SOR/2002-227 and
subsequent amending statutory instruments as of 15 February 2017]
. . .
Part 8
Refugee Classes
Division 1
Convention Refugees Abroad and
Humanitarian-Protected Persons Abroad
Interpretation
Def‌initions
138 The def‌initions in this section apply in this Division and in Div-
ision 2.
Selected Prov isions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations497
group means
(a) f‌ive or more Canadian citizens or permanent residents, each
of whom is at least 18 years of age, who are acting together for
the purpose of sponsoring a Convention refugee or a person in
similar circumstances; or
(b) one or more Canadian citizens or perm anent residents, each of
whom is at least 18 years of age, and a corporation or unincor-
porated organization or association referred to in subsection
13(2) of the Act, acting together for the purpose of sponsoring
a Convention refugee or a person in similar circumstances.
referral organization means
(a) the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; or
(b) any organization with which the Minister has entered into a
memorandum of understanding under section 143.
sponsor means
(a) a group, a corporation or an unincorporated organization or as-
sociation referred to in subsection 13(2) of the Act, or any com-
bination of them, that is acting for the purpose of sponsoring a
Convention refugee or a person in similar circumstances; or
(b) for the purposes of section 158, a sponsor within the meaning
of the regulations made under An Act respecting immigration to
Québec, R.S.Q., c.I-0.2, as amended from time to time.
undertaking means an undert aking in writing to the Mi nister to provide
resettlement assistance, lodging and other basic necessities in Canada
for a member of a class prescribed by this Division, the member’s ac-
companying family members and any of the member’s non-accompany-
ing family members who meet the requirements of section 141, for the
period determined in accordance with subsections 154(2) and (3).
urgent need of protection means, in respect of a member of the Conven-
tion refugee abroad or the country of asylum class, that their life, lib-
erty or physical safety is under immediate threat and, if not protected,
the person is likely to be
(a) killed;
(b) subjected to violence, torture, sexual assault or arbitrary im-
prisonment; or
(c) returned to their country of nationality or of their former ha-
bitual residence.

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