Overview
- Toronto lawyer Hana Marku says about 50 Palestinian clients were unable to finish applications because required reference codes never arrived or were explained.
- Her filing asks Federal Court to declare the delays unreasonable and to order Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to reopen and consider the blocked files.
- In a letter to the court, government counsel wrote the policy cap has been reached and said issuing unique codes would not assist applicants.
- IRCC said its policy requires processing only for applications submitted before the cap was hit and declined comment on the litigation.
- As of July 29, IRCC reports 880 arrivals under the program, more than 1,775 people approved but not yet in Canada, and roughly 400 arrivals via other immigration streams.