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Refugees & asylum

Clarion tracks Refugees & asylum across Canada's legislative record — the bills tagged to it, the House and legislature debates that mention it, the government media around it, and the lobbying filed on it. Every number is a deterministic count cited to the official record, refreshed each morning. A policy grouping, never a position.

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Activity on this area

All-time counts of records matching this area's curated bilingual anchors.

Bills
2
1 in the last 90 days
Debates
483
458 in the last 90 days
Government media
68
27 in the last 90 days

Bills in this area

Bills whose title or summary matches this sub-topic's anchors. A keyword grouping by subject — verify each against the official record; it does not indicate a position.

Recent records

The most recent debates, government media, and lobbying filings matching this area.

  1. Media2026-07-01

    Les IKEA transformés en salon: les Parisiens profitent de l’air climatisé pour échapper à la canicule

    tva-nouvelles

    Official record
  2. Media2026-06-30

    Minister Diab to participate in a Canada Day citizenship ceremony in Ottawa (morning)

    canada-news

    Official record
  3. Media2026-06-28

    Une famille montréalaise va être séparée après le rejet d’une demande d’asile

    radiocanada-politique

    Official record
  4. Media2026-06-28

    Montreal family to be separated after mother’s asylum claim was refused

    citynews-toronto

    Official record
  5. Media2026-06-27

    More Haitians will try to come to Canada after U.S. court decision, advocate says

    ckom

    Official record
  6. Debate2026-06-18

    Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, NDP)

    Mr. Speaker, the second petition is signed by Canadians who are concerned about Canada's safe third country agreement with the United States. They note that Can…

    Official record
  7. Debate2026-06-18

    Hon. Lena Metlege Diab (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)

    Mr. Speaker, we all know that anyone who commits a crime in this country, regardless of their immigration status, be it Canadian or not, is treated according to…

    Official record
  8. Debate2026-06-18

    Hon. Lena Metlege Diab (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)

    Mr. Speaker, I do want to wish the colleague a very happy July and August, wherever she is with her family. Perhaps in the fall she will come back with a bit of…

    Official record
  9. Debate2026-06-18

    Hon. Michelle Rempel Garner (Calgary Nose Hill, CPC)

    Mr. Speaker, non-citizens' committing serious crimes in Canada and then getting sweetheart sentences in order to avoid deportation, which the Liberals are letti…

    Official record
  10. Debate2026-06-18

    Jenny Kwan

    Mr. Speaker, the petitioners are asking for the government to terminate the safe third country agreement in accordance with article 10 of the agreement and, fin…

    Official record

What's counted

This topic has no matching lobbying registrations in the registries Clarion ingests, so its activity reflects bills, debates, and government media only — never an inferred lobbying figure.

Every count is a deterministic tally of real records matching curated anchors — a way to group activity by policy area, not a measure of support, opposition, or outcome. Bills are grouped by subject, never by stance.

Most recent tracked activity: 2026-07-01.

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