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13,171 Nigerians Denied Asylum in Canada, Expert Gives Reason

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13,171 Nigerians Denied Asylum in Canada, Expert Gives Reason

No fewer than 13,171 Nigerians have been denied asylum in Canada.

Newsone Nigeria reports that official data has shown that 13,171 Nigerians who sought refugee protection in Canada from January 2013 to December 2024 were rejected.

The Canadian government turned down 811 Nigerians who applied for refugee protection in 2024 alone. The development comes as official data from the Refugee Protection Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada puts Nigeria among the top five countries with the most rejected claims, ranking 5th.

Others are Mexico with 2,954 rejections, India (1,688), Haiti (982), and Colombia (723).

The IMRB grants refugee protection in Canada if the RPD satisfactorily confirms that an applicant or claimant meets the United Nations definition of a Convention refugee, “which has been incorporated into Canadian law, or that the applicant is a person in need of protection.

The officer decides whether the claim is eligible to be referred to the IRB.

“If the claim is eligible, it is sent (“referred”) to the RPD to start the claim for the refugee protection process,” an application guideline by the Refugee Board reads.

An analysis of the rejections since 2013 showed that 127, 241, and 248 Nigerians were denied protection in 2013, 2014, and 2015, respectively, under the new system for determining refugee protection claims made in Canada, which took effect on December 15, 2012.

Also, 476, 917, and 1,777 claims were rejected in 2016, 2017, and 2018, respectively.

2019 saw the highest number of rejected claims, with 3,951 Nigerian applicants turned down.

Meanwhile, Newsone reports that 1,770, 1,686, 728, 439, and 811 persons were denied protection in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, respectively.

Nevertheless, 10,580 Nigerians were granted refugee status within the decade under review, with at least 2,230 from January to December 2024.

Commenting, Imaobong Ladipo-Sanusi, the executive director of the Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation, said that irregular migration is motivated by economic hardship, the leading cause of rejections.

“Most times, many Nigerians miss it when they don’t understand the laws governing refugee status as adopted in their chosen destination.

“Every country has its regulations for absorbing people into its system,” he stated.

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