What constitutes “the humanitarian or compassionate considerations present which warrant special relief”?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Chen v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2011 CanLII 47329 (CA IRB):
The leading decision which provides guidance as to what constitutes “the humanitarian or compassionate considerations present which warrant special relief” is found in the case of Chirwa v. Canada (Minister of Manpower and Immigration).[3] The Chirwa test describes humanitarian and compassionate considerations as “those facts, established by the evidence, which would excite in a reasonable man in a civilized community a desire to relieve the misfortunes of another.”
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