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'Canada Accepts 1,500 Nigerians Seeking Asylum'

POSTED ON August 25, 2024 •   Metro      BY Benedicta Bassey
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Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board granted asylum to at least 1,467 Nigerians, who applied for refugee protection from January 2023 to March 2024, according to data from the Refugee Protection Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.

This brings the total number of accepted asylum claims filed by Nigerians to 11,370 from 2012 to Q1 2024.

The breakdown showed that 20, 308, 394, and 389 Nigerians were granted asylum in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively.

389, 764, 755, and 1,733 Nigerians received the green light in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, respectively. In 2020, 2021, and 2022, 1,534, 2,302, and 1,315 persons were granted protection, respectively. 1086 and 381 Nigerians were accepted for protection in 2023 and Q1 of 2024.

The Board grants refugee protection in Canada if the Division satisfactorily confirms that an applicant meets the United Nations definition of a Convention refugee, “ incorporated into Canadian law, or that the applicant is a person in need of protection.”

The 1951 UN Convention on the Status of Refugees defines refugees as persons with a substantiated fear of persecution because of their race, nationality, religion, political ideology, or membership in a particular social group.

However, persons seeking protection in Canada must show evidence portending the danger of torture, a risk to their life or risk of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment should they return to their country of nationality.

An application guidelines by the Refugee Board stated that, “The officer decides whether the claim is eligible to be referred to the IRB. If the claim is eligible, it is sent (‘referred’) to the RPD to start the claim for refugee protection process."

However, from January 2023 to March 2024, the IRB rejected 589 applications from persons with Nigerian passports, bringing the total number of rejections since January 2013 to over 12,600.

Speaking on the development, the Executive Director of the Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation, Imaobong Ladipo-Sanusi, said the acceptance rate is satisfactory, adding that irregular migration was often the leading cause of rejection.

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