Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act is an important piece of legislation in place in Canada concerning the treatment of refugees and the nature of immigration in Canada. The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, which is sometimes referred to as IRPA, was put into place in 2001 in order to replace Canada's Immigration Act of 1976.
The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act has since been amended once in 2007 as the result of a court case concerning some of the provisions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act with regard to the detainment of foreign nationals and even permanent residents of Canada.
Some of the important tenets of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act are as follows. Someone who is attempting to immigrate into Canada, according to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, must be able to prove that he or she can support him or herself economically within Canada, or must have family members within Canada.
In the case of refugees, an application must be submitted, according to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, so that the refugees' particular pleas for entry into Canada can be judged for their validity, and for the sake of determining whether admitting those refugees is the best course of action for the Canadian citizenry as a whole. The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act exempts those refugees whom the Minister of Citizenship in Canada chooses to exempt from its other requirements.
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