The Canadian Model for Dealing With Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Abstract

This paper describes the system used by the government of Canada to determine the number of refugees allowed to settle in the country annually, how they are integrated into the labor market and how threats to national security are dealt with. The paper is one of several commissioned by the Swiss think tank Avenir Suisse for a project designed to permit the comparison of the policies adopted by different countries to deal with these issues in the hope that best practices can be identified and serve as models for optimum national policies.