Publications

Our resources section aims to provide you with a consolidated view of all major activities undertaken by UNHCR Canada. It is an information tool for our partners and for other individuals who wish to follow our work in Canada.

Key Information for Asylum Seekers

• What is a Basis of Claim form? (April 2018) (French)
• What happens when you claim asylum at the border? (April 2018) (French)
• Who is eligible to claim asylum in Canada? (April 2018) (French)
• How to prove your link to family members in canada? (April 2018) (French)
• Claiming asylum in Canada (April 2018) (French)
• Who can claim asylum at the border? (April 2018) (French)
• Who can get refugee protection in Canada? (April 2018) (French)
• Winter in Canada (April 2018) (French)

Other Key Information

• Irregular arrivals at the border in 2017 (June 2018) 
• Protection Transfer Agreement (PTA) Programme Fact Sheet (January 2018)
• Irregular crossings at the border: Challenging myths and preconceptions (April 2018) (French)
• Canada Refugee Resettlement Facts (April 2018) (French) 
• Building Educational Pathways for Refugees (January 2018)
• Canada’s Resettlement Figures 2018-2020 (November 2017)
• UNHCR Canada Fact Sheet (March 2017)
• Canada Resettlement Facts (April 2017)
• Detention of Asylum Seekers and Alternatives to Detention in Canada (April 2017)
• Detention of Children Seeking Asylum in Canada (April 2017)
• The Refugee Claims Process in Canada (June 2017)

International Databases

• UNHCR Population Statistics Database – a breakdown of numbers of people of concern (refugees, asylum seekers, displaced, stateless persons) in each country.
• UNHCR Global Focus Database – detailing UNHCR operations worldwide (broken down by region, country and theme). Also details UNHCR financial information, budgets and donor contribution information.
• REFWorld – UNHCR’s database containing country information, national laws and regulations, case law, policy documents, handbooks and training manuals. (REFWorld también está disponible en español).

National Legislation

• Canadian Refugee Status Determination Process (December 2013)
• UNHCR Statement Relating to Bill C-425, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (honouring the Canadian Armed Forces), Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (26 March 2013)
• UNHCR welcomes positive elements in the Canadian refugee reform, as Bill C-31, Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act, receives Royal Assent Press Release (29 June 2012)
• UNHCR Submission on Bill C-31 (May 2012)
• The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology Evidence (18 June 2012)
• UNHCR Presentation before the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (18 June 2012)
• The Standing Parliamentary Committee on Citizenship and Immigration Evidence (7 May 2012)

Judicial Support

• Supreme Court of Canada, Ezokola vs. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), Docket:34470, Factum of the Intervener, The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (17 December 2012)
• UNHCR welcomes the Supreme Court judgment in Ezokola Press Release (19 July 2013)
• Supreme Court of Canada, Febles vs. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), Docket:35215, Factum of the Intervener, The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (11 March 2014)
• Litigating Refugees:An Empirical Examination of Trends in Canadian Federal Court Jurisprudence Prior to Refugee Reform and Legal Analysis of Common Issues Against International Norms (November 2013)
• B010 v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (No. 35388), Jesus Rodriguez Hernandez v. Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (No. 35677), B306 v. Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (No. 35685) and J.P. et al. v. Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (No. 35688) – Factum of the Intervener, The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2 February 2015)

Detention / Alternatives to Detention

• Domestic and International Standards and the Immigration and Refugee Board’s Guideline on Detention (February 2018)
• Summary Conclusions – Canada/USA Bi-National Roundtable on Alternatives to Detention of Asylum Seekers, Refugees, Migrants and Stateless Persons (September 2012)
• The Human and Financial Cost of Detention of Asylum-Seekers in Canada (December 2011)

Refugee Protection

• Bill C-31, Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act Groupes de discussion auprès des demandeurs d’asile ayant revendiqué le statut de réfugié après le 15 décembre 2012 (Montréal, 21 août 2013)
• The Impact of the Lack of Legal Representation in the Canadian Asylum Process (6 November 2012)

Statelessness

• Compatibility of the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons in Canada’s Legal Framework and its International Human Rights Obligations Researched and written for UNHCR by Gregg Erauw (June 2015)
• Rapport du Séminaire du HCR : L’apatridie dans le monde et dans le contexte canadien – Montréal (5 octobre 2012)
• Proceedings of a Roundtable on Statelessness: Statelessness in the World and in the Canadian Context  – Ottawa (14 June 2012)
• Statelessness in the Canadian Context – an updated Discussion Paper (March 2012)

Asylum-seekers

• Useful Information for Asylum-seekers in Ottawa-Gatineau (July 2015)

Resettlement and Integration

• Research Summary on Resettled Refugee Integration in Canada (2 May 2011)
• Refugee Integration: Key concerns and areas for further research (23 December 2011)

Refugee Children

• UNHCR Presentation before the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights (2 June 2014)

Education

• A BOOK OF Poems: Expressions from our Youth (June 2011)

UNHCR Canada Magazine

• Fifth Issue: Pictures of Home
• Fourth Issue: Shelter From The Storm
• Third Issue: Picture of Hope
• Second Issue: Refugees are Dying for a Chance to Live
• First Issue: Treacherous Crossings,