For Immediate Release – October 30, 2019 On November 4, 2019, the Federal Court will hear weeklong arguments in a challenge to the STCA. Public interest groups and individuals have come together [...]
Refugee advocates are calling for urgent action from the federal government to resolve the refugee legal aid crisis, in the wake of significant changes to the refugee process in the federal Budget [...]
Media Release: Legal Aid to refugees and immigrants to end Tuesday morning The axe has fallen on legal aid for immigrants and refugees in Ontario. Just after 4 pm today, Legal Aid Ontario [...]
Media Release - Refugee lawyers join legal advocates across the province to condemn cuts to Legal Aid Ontario Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL) & Refugee Lawyers Association (RLA) The Canadian Association [...]
April 9, 2019 OTTAWA (April 9 2018) -- Refugee advocates stated today that they are appalled the government has slipped in massive human rights reforms in an omnibus budget bill. The government [...]
The Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL) applauds new money in the 2019 budget for refugee determination hearings at the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), legal aid, and CBSA oversight, but expressed [...]