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

• Author: Sasha Baglay/Martin Jones
• Pages: 496-512

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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.