Questions and responses 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

With regard to asylum claims since 2016, and broken down by year: (a) how many asylum claims were rejected by the Refugee Protection Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada; (b) how many of the total asylum claimants that have been rejected remained in Canada at year end; and (c) of the rejected asylum claimants in (b), how many were subject to enforceable removal orders at year end?

With regard to asylum claims assessed by the Immigration and Refugee Board, and broken down by year since January 1, 2020: (a) how many claims were received by the Refugee Protection Division, in total and broken down by (i) country of origin, (ii) original purpose of entry, including whether the claimant was a visitor or student, (iii) type of claimed persecution, (iv) type of legal representation; (b) how many claims were approved by the Refugee Protection Division in total and broken down by (i) country of origin, (ii) original purpose of entry, including whether the claimant was a visitor or student, (iii) type of claimed persecution, (iv) type of legal representation; (c) how many claims were rejected by the Refugee Protection Division, in total and broken down by (i) country of origin, (ii) original purpose of entry, including whether the claimant was a visitor or student, (iii) type of claimed persecution, (iv) type of legal representation; (d) of the claims that were rejected by the Refugee Protection Division, how many were appealed to the Refugee Appeals Division; (e) how many of the claims appealed to the Refugee Appeals Division were (i) confirmed, (ii) overturned, (iii) substituted of the original Refugee Protection Division decision, (iv) returned to the Refugee Protection Division for a new hearing; (f) what is the breakdown of (e)(i), (e)(ii), (e)(iii) and (e)(iv) by (i) country of origin, (ii) original purpose of entry, including whether the claimant was a visitor or student, (iii) type of claimed persecution, (iv) type of legal representation; (g) of those whose claims have been rejected by the Refugee Protection Division, how many are (i) still in Canada, (ii) no longer in Canada; and (h) of those whose claims have been rejected by the Refugee Appeals Division, how many are (i) still in Canada, (ii) no longer in Canada?

With regard to proceedings before the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, broken down by year since 2018: (a) how many refugee protection claim hearings occurred; (b) of the refugee protection claim hearings in (a), in how many cases did Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (i) appear in person, (ii) appear virtually, (iii) not appear at all, broken down by Immigration and Refugee Board division; (c) of the hearings in which Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada did not appear, how many and what percentage of total refugee protection claim hearings does this represent, broken down by Immigration and Refugee Board division; (d) in cases where Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada did not appear, how many claims were (i) accepted, (ii) rejected, (iii) withdrawn or abandoned; and (e) in cases where Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada did appear, how many claims were (i) accepted, (ii) rejected, (iii) withdrawn or abandoned?