Overview
- Official data show 9,947 claims by Indian nationals were referred to Canada’s Refugee Protection Division from January to June 2025, accounting for over 18% of 55,093 total referrals and the largest share by any country.
- The mid‑2025 tally trails 2024, when Indians filed 32,563 out of 190,039 referrals, indicating a softer pace year over year.
- Mississauga‑based consultant Kanwar Sierah alleges many recent filings are fraudulent and produced through paid “package deals” marketed to visitors, international students and foreign workers in the Greater Toronto Area.
- Citing his own posted figures, Sierah says Indian claimants face a 19% refusal rate and constitute 53% of abandoned cases as well as 9% of withdrawals; these figures are not official adjudication statistics.
- Indian officials say some individuals briefly joined pro‑Khalistan protests to create photographic proof to support asylum narratives, and the articles report no new Canadian policy or enforcement response to these claims.