February 2, 2018 – Canada 's Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) has moved to change the way it prioritizes asylum seeker hearings in an attempt to manage an ever-increasing backlog of candidates waiting to have their cases dealt with.
The change means more recent asylum cases will be heard first, with thousands of hearings scheduled for 2018 cancelled to allow for the new policy.
Recent asylum seekers were notified of the change by letter. Despite them being prioritized, the IRB could still only commit to hearing the most recent cases inside two years. It means that those not considered recent claimants will be waiting 24 months and longer for a decision on their cases.
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