What is the effect of delay in making a claim to Convention refugee status in Canada?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Elcock (Milkson) v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 1999 CanLII 8680 (FC):
As to the delay on the part of the applicants in seeking Convention refugee protection in Canada, counsel for the applicant referred me to Williams v. Canada (Secretary of State)8 where Madame Justice Reed described the application before her in the following terms: Also as here, the applicant in that matter delayed in making her claim to Convention refugee status after arrival in Canada. Madame Justice Reed wrote:
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