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A person who has reason to fear persecution in his or her country of origin due to race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion can be designated as a protected person by the Immigration and Refugee Board and Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

Protected Person Law and Legal Definition. A protected person is a minor or incapacitated person for whom a court has appointed a conservator. It can also be any person for whom a protective order has been made. In International law, a protected person is one who is in the hands of an occupying force during a conflict.

A "protected person" means anyone who is a victim of domestic abuse, and who has notified his or her insurer of that fact. 2. An insurer may collect confidential abuse information about a "protected person" from persons other than the "protected person."

International humanitarian law protects a wide range of people and objects during armed conflict. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols protect sick, wounded and shipwrecked persons not taking part in hostilities, prisoners of war and other detainees, civilians and civilian objects.

The Geneva Conventions are rules that have been agreed upon by various member nations and apply usually to times of armed conflict. The Conventions seek to protect people who are not (or are no longer) taking part in hostilities, including the sick and wounded, shipwrecked sailors, prisoners of war, and civilians.

If they are operating in civilian clothing they are liable to be treated as spies. 7.20 Members of forces participating in acts of espionage or sabotage should wear uniform whenever possible while in enemy or enemy-occupied territory. Otherwise, they run the risk of being treated as spies if captured.

The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act defines a Convention Refugee as someone who is outside their home country, or the country where they normally live, and can't return to that country because of a well-founded fear of persecution based on: a) race; b) religion; c) political opinion; d) nationality or e) ...

A person who has reason to fear persecution in his or her country of origin due to race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion can be designated as a protected person by the Immigration and Refugee Board and Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

International humanitarian law protects a wide range of people and objects during armed conflict. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols protect sick, wounded and shipwrecked persons not taking part in hostilities, prisoners of war and other detainees, civilians and civilian objects.

Documents to prove status Here are some examples of documents from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) that show a person's status in Canada: Canadian passport or Certificate of Citizenship. Permanent Resident Card or Record of Landing. Temporary Resident Visa, also called a visitor visa, that has ...

Most refugee claimants have no legal status in Canada, but are allowed to remain in the country while waiting for the determination of their claim. ... Persons making a claim for refugee protection are exempt from the requirement to provide biometric information when applying in Canada for a study permit.

A refugee claimant is a person who has not yet received legal status from the government. ... A refugee is a person who has been granted status as a refugee through the refugee determination process. They have been granted paperwork to work and live in Canada permanently on the basis of their refugee claim.

Convention Refugee Definition: An individual defined in the 1951 UN refugee treaty as having a well-founded fear that, were he or she to return to their country of origin, he or she would suffer persecution.

The main difference is choice. Simply speaking, a migrant is someone who chooses to move, and a refugee is someone who has been forced from their home. ... Migrants, on the other hand, may move for any number of reasons. Some of them move to be with family or for economic reasons.

In a nutshell, a "migrant" is anyone who seeks to move overseas. A "refugee" does so in conditions where they have been forced from their homeland. And an "asylum seeker" is someone who says he or she is a refugee, but whose claim has not yet been definitively evaluated.