Prawo i regulacje · 28/03/2023

Implementation of the 2022 Additional Protocol to the 2002 U.S.-Canada Agreement for Cooperation in the Examination of Refugee Status Claims From Nationals of Third Countries

This rule amends existing Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") and Department of Justice ("DOJ") (collectively, "the Departments") regulations to implement the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between The Government of the United States of America and The Government of Canada For Cooperation in the Examination of Refugee Status Claims From Nationals of Third Countries ("Additional Protocol of 2022") negotiated by the Governments of the United States and Canada and signed in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on March 29, 2022, and in Washington, DC, United States, on April 15, 2022, respectively. The Additional Protocol of 2022 supplements certain terms of the December 5, 2002, Agreement between The Government of the United States and The Government of Canada For Cooperation in the Examination of Refugee Status Claims from Nationals of Third Countries ("Safe Third Country Agreement," "STCA," or "Agreement"). Pursuant to the STCA, the respective governments manage which government decides certain individuals' requests for asylum or other protection relating to fear of persecution or torture (referred to as a "refugee status claim" in the STCA and the Additional Protocol of 2022) pursua