Other Websites Useful to Refugees

General Information

• Citizenship and Immigration Canada: Refugee Information Webpages.
  
• Citizenship and Immigration Canada: Designated Medical Practitioners.
  
• Immigration and Refugee Board: Refugee Protection Division.
  
• Legal Service Society ("legal aid") British Columbia: Contact Webpage.
  
• Canada Council for Refugees ("CCR").
  
• British Columbia Ministry of Housing and Social Development (Welfare).
  

Country of Nationality Research

• Immigration and Refugee Board: Case Summaries (Reflex).
  
• USA Department of State: Human Rights Reports.
  
• Amnesty International.
  
• Human Rights Watch.
  
• United Kingdom Country of Origin Information Service.
  

Legal Research

• Immigration and Refugee Board: Convention Refugee Definition.
  
• Immigration and Refugee Board: Risk to Life/Cruel and Unusual Treatment.
  
• Immigration and Refugee Board: Danger of Torture Guide.
  
• Immigration and Refugee Board: Credibility in Refugee Claims.
  
• Federal Court: Case Decisions.
  

Helpful Guides and Information

• Immigration and Refugee Board: Starting a Refugee Claim Guide.
  
• Immigration and Refugee Board: Process for Making a Claim for Refugee Protection.
  
• Legal Service Society of BC: How to Fill Out a Personal Information Form ("PIF").
  
• Legal Service Society of BC: Guide to Pre-Removal Risk Assessment Applications ("PRRA").
  
• Legal Service Society of BC: Guide to Humanitarian and Compassionate ("H&C") Applications.
  

Access to Legal Services

• Requesting a legal aid lawyer: Legal Services Society of BC.
  
• Hiring a lawyer privately: CBA BC Lawyer Referral Service.
  
• Pro Bono Law of BC.
  
• Access Justice: Summary legal advice program.