Thousands of refugee claims from asylum seekers remain unprocessed: federal immigration officials

The Immigration and Refugee Board is under 'enormous strain' and hasn't received extra resources, according to a high-ranking official.

Representatives from the federal Immigration and Refugee Board revealed in testimony to House Immigration Committee members that there are tens of thousands of refugee claimants backlogged in the system. The board falls under the under the purview of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured earlier this year in Centre Block. The Hill Times file photograph

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BY JOLSON LIM

October 4, 2017

Only 300 refugee claims filed by the thousands of asylum seekers flowing across the Canadian border in Quebec in recent months have been processed by the federal tribunal that decides who gets refugee status, officials told the House Immigration and Citizenship Committee on Tuesday. Only half of th...

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