Compassion is a strong element of our national character.
The government proposes to uphold Canada's humanitarian tradition of resettling from abroad refugees and people in refugee-like situations for whom no other durable solution can be found. The fairness of Canada's inland refugee determination system is recognized around the world, but it is vulnerable to abuse. The government plans to improve the refugee determination system through a balanced series of measures that would preserve Canada's tradition of offering protection to genuine refugees while increasing integrity and effectiveness. There are currently slightly more than 13 million refugees in the world who have been forced to flee their countries of origin. To this can be added millions more who are victims of forced displacement and who, because they remain within the borders of their country, are not refugees in the strict sense.