VB5-03709

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada Refugee Appeal Division Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié du Canada Section d'appel des réfugiés RAD File No. / N° de dossier de la SAR : VB5-03709 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 Private Proceeding / Huis clos Reasons and decision ? Motifs et décision Person(s) who is(are) XXXX XXXX Personne(s) en cause the subject of the appeal XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX Appeal considered at Vancouver, BC Appel instruit à Date of decision January 14, 2016 Date de la décision Panel Tribunal Counsel for the person(s) who is(are) Judith Boer Conseil(s) du (de la/des) the subject of the appeal personne(s) en cause Designated representative N/A Représentant(e) désigné(e) Counsel for the Minister O. Davidson Conseil du ministre REASONS FOR DECISION [1] The Refugee Appeal Division (the "RAD") received on December 1, 2015 a Notice of Appeal from the decision of the Refugee Protection Division (the "RPD") in the claims of XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX (the "appellants"). [2] According to RAD records, the appellants are appealing the Notice of Decision of the RPD dated November 20, 2015. [3] The appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction because the appeal is in respect of a decision by the RPD for which no appeal may be made under paragraph 110(2)(d) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (the "Act").1 This section states the following: 110(2) No appeal may be made in respect of any of the following: (d) subject to the regulations, a decision of the Refugee Protection Division in respect of a claim for refugee protection if (i) the foreign national who makes the claim came directly or indirectly to Canada from a country that is, on the day on which their claim is made, designated by regulations made under subsection 102(1) and that is a party to an agreement referred to in paragraph 102(2)(d), and (ii) the claim - by virtue of regulations made under paragraph 102(1)(c) - is not ineligible under paragraph 101(1)(e) to be referred to the Refugee Protection Division; [4] The only country that is designated by regulation and party to an agreement under paragraph 102(2)(d) of the Act is the United States. The appellants in this case came directly from the United States but were nonetheless eligible to make a claim by virtue of the regulations. Therefore, under paragraph 110(2)(d) of the Act, no appeal may be made in respect of the RPD's decision. Therefore, this appeal is dismissed. (signed) "Douglas Fortney" January 14, 2016 Date 1 Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c. 27. --------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ RAD File No. / N° de dossier de la SAR : RAD File No. / N° de dossier de la SAR : VB5-03709 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 RAD File No. / N° de dossier de la SAR : VB5-03709 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13