Policy areas · Immigration & Citizenship
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. A policy grouping, never a position.
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What's moving here
All-time counts of records matching this area's curated bilingual anchors.
- Bills
- 2
- Quiet in the last 90 days — the all-time record above still stands.
- Debates
- 3,155
- 1,956 in the last 90 days
- Government media
- 207
- 158 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.
C-274 — An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
Canada (Federal)Outside the order of precedence2026-04-20keyword-tagged — verify
C-213 — An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (cessation of refugee protection)
Canada (Federal)Outside the order of precedence2025-06-18keyword-tagged — verify
Recent records
The most recent debates, government media, and lobbying filings matching this area.
Media2026-08-24
US set for largest mass visa revocation in history targeting up to 200,000 foreigners, officials say
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Official record ↗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 ↗Debate2026-06-18
Andréanne Larouche
Merci beaucoup, monsieur le président. On se rend vraiment compte que ce défi est complexe et qu'il faut mettre en place un véritable continuum de services, al…
Official record ↗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 ↗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 ↗Debate2026-06-18
L’honorable Tracy Muggli
Honorables sénateurs, la Journée mondiale des réfugiés, le 20 juin, est l’occasion de saluer le courage des gens contraints de fuir les conflits ainsi que de ré…
Official record ↗
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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: 2026-08-24.
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