Guatemala: Information on a special refugee program of the Canadian embassy
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 November 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | GTM22281.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Guatemala: Information on a special refugee program of the Canadian embassy, 1 November 1995, GTM22281.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac607f.html [accessed 19 May 2023] |
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According to an officer at the Office of International Migration of Citizenship and Immigration Canada in Ottawa, there is no special refugee program run by the Canadian embassy in Guatemala (18 Nov. 1995). There are, however, provisions allowing immigration officers at Canadian embassies (in Guatemala and elsewhere) some leeway in granting visas on humanitarian and compassionate grounds, which include a category for "oppressed persons" (ibid.). Details on the grounds, the circumstances in which these criteria may be applied by Canadian immigration officers or on the number of visas granted on these grounds in Guatemala were not available for public dissemination at the time this Response to Information Request was prepared.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
Office of International Migration, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Hull. 18 November 1995. Telephone interview with officer.
