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Please note: this website was created in 2003 and there have been several changes in relevant Australian legislation since that time (probably Canadian too). The website is kept online as an overview of the situation at that time but has not and will not be updated.

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Government Assistance

While applications for refugee protection are being considered in Canada claimants have access to

  • Health Services
    under the Interim Federal Health Program
  • Education
    applicants can apply for student authorisation which allows them to study. Children can attend local schools
  • Jobs
    If asylum seekers are reliant on welfare they can be authorised to work.

Access to these services are assured under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

For more on the rights of refugee claimants in Canada see the Citizenship & Immigration Canada website.

Case Study


"My daughters started school about two weeks after we arrived and they liked it very much.

 

"They learned English fast.

 

"I also learned some English."

 

- Czech asylum seeker in Canada, from European Roma Rights Centre

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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