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Troubling Patterns in Canadian Refugee Adjudication

Abstract:      This article uses data obtained from Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board [IRB] to calculate the refugee claim grant rates of individual IRB adjudicators.The data reveals that, in 2006, grant rates varied significantly across adjudicators.Some adjudicators accorded refugee status in virtually all cases they heard; others granted refugee status rarely, if at all. The … Continue reading Troubling Patterns in Canadian Refugee Adjudication