Removals
CBSA removed 493 stateless persons from Canada to 60 countries from 2003 – 2014. The following are
the top 5 countries to which stateless individuals were removed within this period:
United States of America (156 stateless persons)
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (115 stateless persons)
Lebanon (28 stateless persons)
Hong Kong SAR (13 stateless persons)
Syria (12 stateless persons)
CBSA provided details on 189 records of removal orders issued from 2003 – 2014 detailing the following
criteria:
document date
removal order sign date
removal date
originating CBSA office desc.
port of exit
CBSA office involved desc.
removal type
removal cause
destination country
removed within 365 days
refugee claim indicator
refugee claim date
AVRR
ref. claim decision
ref. claim decision date
RAD decision
RAD decision date
ARC application/decision
ARC decision date
high risk allegation
high risk orders-exclusions
removed under escort (y/n)
detained (y/n)
criminality (y/n)
carrier desc.
liability type
travel document type
danger opinion issued (y/n)
contrary to the National Interest (y/n)
Of this criteria the following data was reported for destination country, refugee claim indicator, whether
the stateless individual was detained, travel document type, and whether the stateless individual was
considered ‘contrary to the national interest’:
Destination Country
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (111 stateless persons)
United States of America (16 stateless persons)
Democratic Republic of Sudan (8 stateless persons)
Cambodia (6 stateless persons)
Hungary (5 stateless persons)
Of these 189 records, the Refugee Claim Indicator was ‘no’ for 155 records, and ‘yes’ for 34 records.
There were 62 stateless individuals who were not detained at the time of removal and 127 who were
detained. There were 171 stateless individuals who were not considered ‘contrary to the national
interest’ and 18 who were considered ‘contrary to the national interest’.
Travel document types for stateless individuals removed from Canada included:
certificate of identity (62 stateless persons)
passport (38 stateless persons)
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