Please note this is an update disregard any previous bulletins. NCADC cannot/will not respond to queries about ‘Other routes’ especially Canada, all the relevant information is on the sites below
However, if your asylum claim has been refused and the Home Office do not intend to remove you by force or cannot obtain travel documents to facilitate your removal, continuing to live in the UK with out the right to work or access to the normal benefits UK citizens are entitled to, life for you in the UK will be very harsh.
Likewise you may have made a claim years ago but Home Office has failed to make a final decision.
You may wish to find another country that will accept you as an economic migrant or refugee. Many refugees in the UK with out status are highly skilled.
Refugee/Economic Admission Programmes
Many countries have ‘Refugee’ or ‘Economic’ programmes, which allow refugees or people seeking work to apply for entry into their country from another country, which is not the country of residence of the applicant.
Notably Canada, who have various schemes to facilitate entry for refugees and economic migrants.
Groups and individuals in Canada can sponsor refugees from abroad who qualify to come to Canada. They can also sponsor people seeking work. Settled refugees in Canada can sponsor family members outside Canada to join them.
If you are removed from the UK back to: Colombia – Sierra Leone – DR Congo – Sudan – El Salvador – Guatemala, you may be able to apply to enter Canada direct as a refugee.
If you are removed from the UK back to any other countries if you can find a sponsor/s in Canada, you may be able to migrate to Canada.
Refugees and people needing protection are those in or outside Canada who fear returning to their home country. In keeping with its humanitarian tradition and international obligations, Canada provides protection to thousands of people every year.
Canada offers refugee protection to people in Canada who fear persecution or who may be at risk of torture or cruel and unusual treatment or punishment, and are unwilling or unable to return to their home country.
Groups and individuals can sponsor refugees from abroad who qualify to come to Canada.
* race
* religion
* political opinion
* nationality or
* membership in a particular social group, such as women or people with a different sexual orientation.
Referrals from UNHCR and other organizations
Canada relies on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), other referral organizations and private sponsorship groups to identify and refer Convention Refugees Abroad to be resettled in Canada.
The UNHCR identifies refugees to be resettled in Canada when there is no other solution or no effective protection available to them.
The Country of Asylum Class is for people in refugee-like situations, who do not qualify as Convention refugees.
* are outside your home country or the country where you normally live
* have been, and continue to be, seriously and personally affected by civil war or armed conflict, or have suffered massive violations of human rights
* cannot find an adequate solution to your situation within a reasonable period of time and
* will be privately sponsored or have the funds required to support yourself and your dependants.
Referrals from UNHCR and other organizations
Canada relies mainly on private sponsorship groups to identify and refer refugees who meet the criteria of the Country of Asylum Class.
A Canadian visa officer then decides whether a person meets the requirements of Canada’s Refugee and Humanitarian Resettlement Program, and if the person will be admitted to Canada.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/refugees/outside/source.asp
* live in a country that has been named a source country of refugees
* live in your home country
* have been, and continue to be, seriously and personally affected by civil war or armed conflict
* have lost the right of freedom of expression, the right of dissent or the right to engage in trade union activity, and have been detained or imprisoned as a result
* fear persecution because of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion
* cannot find an adequate solution to the situation within a reasonable period of time and
* will be assisted by the Government of Canada, be privately sponsored or have the funds needed to support yourself and your dependants after you arrive in Canada.
Referrals
Private sponsorship groups identify and refer refugees from source countries designated by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC). In unusual cases, people can apply directly for resettlement in Canada through the Source Country Class.
A Canadian visa officer then decides whether a person meets the requirements of Canada’s Refugee and Humanitarian Resettlement Program, and if the person will be admitted to Canada.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/EnGLIsh/resources/publications/ref-sponsor/section-3-02.asp
The Women at Risk (AWR) program is for women without the normal protection of a family unit who find themselves in precarious situations where the local authorities cannot ensure their safety. This includes women who are experiencing significant difficulties, such as harassment by local authorities or members of their own communities.
Some women may need immediate protection while others are in permanently unstable circumstances that allow for no other remedy. The persecution or harassment they are experiencing may be solely gender-based. While applicants must qualify as Convention Refugees Abroad or members of the Country of Asylum or Source Country classes, they may not fully meet the requirement to demonstrate an ability to establish themselves in Canada in the short or medium term.
AWR cases are considered to be either in “urgent need of protection” or “vulnerable” and are exempt from the regulatory requirement to establish successfully.
In most cases, women eligible under the Women at Risk program will require a Joint Assistance Sponsorship as outlined above. There may be situations, however, where the person is eligible under the program but does not qualify for a JAS.
Each year, millions of people around the world are forced to flee their homelands to escape persecution, war or severe human rights abuses. Often these people are never able to return home.
Sponsors are responsible for providing financial settlement assistance (except for Joint Assistance Sponsorship cases) for refugees once they arrive in Canada. Sponsors must also provide emotional and significant settlement assistance for the duration of the sponsorship period.
Most sponsorships last for one year, but some refugees may be eligible to receive assistance from their sponsors for a longer period of time.
Learn about:
* Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program
* Joint Assistance Sponsorship
Sponsors in Quebec
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