e-807 (Refugees)
- Keywords
- Agreements and contracts
- Canada–U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement
- Canada-United States relations
- Humanitarian grounds
- Refugee claims processing
- Third country
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- Under the Safe Third Country Agreement between Canada and the United States, refugee claimants are required to request refugee protection in the first safe country they arrive in, unless they qualify for an exception to the Agreement;
- President Trump has approved an executive order that suspended entry of all refugees to the United States for 120 days, barred Syrian refugees indefinitely, and blocked entry into the United States for 90 days for citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries, as well as barring green card holders from those countries from re-entering the United States; and
- The deportation and denial of entry to lawful travelers and asylum-seekers is likely to cause irreparable harm to individuals and those fleeing terror, torture or inhuman or degrading treatment.
- Open for signature
- February 1, 2017, at 7:43 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- June 1, 2017, at 7:43 a.m. (EDT)