Immigration Law and Rulings

Canadian Rulings

Note the United Nations for claiming political asylum.

For more information about the legal situation in Canada, contact LEGIT (Canada) - The Lesbian and Gay Immigration Task Force.

The following listing was provided by the ILGA Asylum Information Pool.

Afghanistan (AFG) -- Negative --
Males -- Exclusion clauses -- International refugee law -- Religious persecution -- Social group persecution -- Unlawful departure.

Argentina (ARG) -- Positive
Males -- Arbitrary arrest and detention -- Credibility -- Freedom of assembly -- Freedom of association -- Human rights violations -- International refugee law -- International law -- Rape -- Sexual abuse -- Social group persecution -- Torture

Argentina (ARG) -- Deliberations about Aliens
Admission, Refugees -- Immigration -- Appeals, determination of whether claim reasonable.

Bangladesh (BGD) -- Positive
-- Males -- Ethnic persecution -- Persecution for nationality -- Persecution for political opinion -- Religious persecution -- Social group persecution -- Stateless persons.

Brazil (BRA) -- Negative
Males -- Economic deprivation -- Social group persecution.

Brazil (BRA) -- Negative
Males -- Humanitarian cases -- Legal decisions -- Social group persecution.

Brazil (BRA) -- Negative
Males -- Country of origin conditions -- Gender discrimination -- Social group persecution -- State protection.

Cuba (CUB) -- Positive
Males -- Persecution for political opinion -- Social group persecution --

El Salvador (SLV) -- Positive
Motion to reopen or rehearing (MR) Males -- Arbitrary arrest and detention -- Persecution for political opinion -- Procedural requirements -- Rape -- Social group persecution

Estonia (EST) -- Negative
Males -- Females -- Ethnic persecution -- Exclusion clauses -- Passports -- Persecution for nationality -- Persecution for political opinion -- Social group persecution.

Jordan (JOR) -- Negative
Males -- Credibility -- Religious persecution -- Sexual abuse -- Social group persecution -- Standard of proof.

Mexico (MEX) -- Negative
Males -- Discrimination -- Human rights violations -- Social group discrimination -- Social group persecution.

Pakistan (PAK) -- Positive
Males -- Arbitrary arrest and detention -- Change of circumstances in home country --Internal flight alternative -- Legal decisions -- Passports -- Persecution for political opinion -- Political activities --Rape -- Sexual abuse -- Social group persecution.

Poland (POL) -- Negative
Males -- Human rights violations -- International refugee law -- Legal decisions -- Social group persecution --

(Note: The Federal Court Trial Division (Noel J., June 9,1993) overturned this decision and ordered a new hearing:[1993] A.C.F. no 1465 in the ACFR database. The decisionon the re-hearing, granting the application for refugeestatus, can be found in the DSSR database)

Russia (RUS) -- Positive
Males -- Detention -- Human rights violations -- Inhuman treatment -- International refugee law -- Social group persecution

Russia (RUS) -- Positive
Males -- Legal decisions -- Persecution for political opinion -- Social group persecution --

Ukraine (UKR)
Deliberations in the Dykon v. Canada-case:
Aliens -- Admission, refugees -- Grounds, well-founded fear of persecution -- Determination whether claim reasonable, considerations -- Judicial review, grounds, reversible errors, speculation by Board as to content of foreign country's laws.

Ukraine (UKR) -- Positive
Males -- Persecution for nationality -- Persecution for political opinion -- Religious persecution -- Social group persecution.

Uraguay (URY) -- Negative
Males -- Arbitrary arrest and detention -- Discrimination -- Human rights violations --

Partial references to cases