Exemption for nationals of Afghanistan to the bar on applying for a pre-removal risk assessment

Nationals of Afghanistan are exempt from the 12-month bar if their Immigration and Refugee Board or previous pre-removal risk assessment decision was made between October 19th, 2020 and October 18th, 2021, inclusive. Nationals of Afghanistan with a decision made after October 18th, 2021, are subject to the 12-month bar.

Protected persons and Convention refugees

A protected person or a person who is recognized as a Convention refugee by another country to which they may be returned shall not be removed from Canada to a country where they would be at risk of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion; or at risk of torture or cruel and unusual treatment or punishment.

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