CARL response on Proposed Regulatory Amendments to Removal Costs (IRPR s. 243)

I write on behalf of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL) to provide our submission in response to the consultation notice Canada Gazette Part 1, Volume 157, Number 48, posted on November 27, 2023 with respect to the proposed amendments to the regulations regarding the collection and recovery of removal costs.1 These regulations are presently set out in section 243 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR). The proposed regulatory amendments would, inter alia, significantly increase the recovery costs imposed for all removals and introduce additional cost recovery for escorted removals and for detention prior to removal.

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