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To be referred, you must fall into one of these two refugee classes.
are outside your home country, or the country where you normally live, and
have been seriously affected by civil war or armed conflict, or
have been denied basic human rights on an ongoing basis.
Country of asylum class refugees can be privately sponsored. You can also be in this class if you
have the funds you need to support yourself and your family after you arrive in Canada. You will
still need the UNHCR, a referral organization, or a private sponsorship group to refer you.
How to apply
If you are referred, you will need to fill out the application package to apply as a Convention
refugee or as a humanitarian-protected person abroad. You will need to pass a medical exam and
security and criminal check.
you have another stable option for protection, such as an offer to be resettled in another
country,
you become a citizen of another country, which will then protect you,
you choose to return to the country you left, or
the reasons you left your country no longer exist.