Direct Removal Orders for Human/International Rights Violations (SOR/2019-200)

Policy effect

Amends Section 228(1) and Paragraph 229(1)(b) of the IRPR to allow the Minister/CBSA officers at the administrative level to directly issue deportation orders against foreign nationals inadmissible under paragraphs 35(1)(d) or (e) of the Act (human or international rights violations) rather than requiring referral to the Immigration Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board. Phase scope: General application for inadmissible foreign nationals under paragraphs 35(1)(d) and (e) of the IRPA.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

Regulations footnote 1 is amended by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (d), by adding “and” to the end of paragraph (e) and by adding the following after paragraph (e): (f) if the foreign national is inadmissible under paragraph 35(1)(d) or (e) of the Act on grounds of violating human or international rights, a deportation order. 2 Paragraph 229(1)(b) of the Regulations is replaced by the following: (b) a deportation order, if they are inadmissible under paragraph 35(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Act on grounds of violating human or international rights; Transitional Provision 3 Subsection 228(1) and paragraph 229(1)(b) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, as they read immediately before the day on which these Regulations come into force, continue to apply in respect of a foreign national for whom, before the day on which these Regulations come into force, a report was referred to the Immigration Division for an admissibility hearing under subsection 44(2) of the Act. Coming into Force 4 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered. REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS STATEMENT (This statement is not part of the Regulations.) Issues The admissibility …

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

Other Canada changes operative in 2019

• 2019-03-04Interim Pathway for Caregivers Public Policy
• 2019-03-28Order Extending the Decision-Making Role of Citizenship Judges (SOR/2019-82)
• 2019-05-10Order Repealing Designated Countries of Origin Orders Under the IRPA
• 2019-06-03Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Electronic Administration) (SOR/2019-174)
• 2019-06-17Clarification of Health Inadmissibility Excessive Demand Exemptions for Family Members
• 2019-06-17Mandatory Consideration of the Best Interests of the Child in Immigration Detention (SOR/2019-213)
• 2019-06-18Home Support Worker permanent-residence pilot opened
• 2019-06-21Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1
• 2019-07-08Public Policy to Reinstate an Interim Pathway for Caregivers
• 2019-09-01Rural and Northern Community Immigration pilot class created
• 2019-09-09Public Policy Facilitating Immigration of Certain Sponsored Foreign Nationals Excluded under Paragraph 117(9)(d) or 125(1)(d)