Moratoria on removals to Burundi, Rwanda and Liberia lifted - July 23/09

On July 23, 2009, the federal government announced that the moratoria on removals, or deportations, to Burundi, Rwanda and Liberia.

Additionally, changes were made to the Safe Third Country Agreement, no longer allowing individuals from countries where a Temporary Suspension of Removals exist (now Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Iraq, and Zimbabwe) to make an asylum claim at a Canada-US land border.

For more information, see:

Canada Council for Refugees
http://ccrweb.ca/en/bulletin/09/07/23-0

CIC media release:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2009/2009-07-23.asp