International Law

Abandonment

By immlawyer

I arrived at the RPD office this afternoon expecting to attend with my client for his refugee hearing.

Unfortunately, the client did not attend. While the vast majority of claimants are interested in 'having their day in court' and are anxious to appear before the Board, there are a substantial number that do not attend at the hearing. As a result of the "no-show", the RPD commenced abandonment proceedings, and ultimately determined the claim to be in fact abandoned.

(Note: To cut down on the number of "no-shows" the RPD now requires the claimant(s) to sign and return a "Confirmation of Readiness" form)

It should be noted that once a claim has been determined abandoned, it is extremely difficult to re-open the claim; and the claimant is forestalled from filing another claim for refugee protection. In addition, the removal order issued when the claim was referred becomes enforceable.

Full post as published by Canadian Immigration Blawg on June 25, 2010 (boomark / email).