RFR resources
Template letters for advocacy
Write to your Member of Parliament to ask them to support speedy family reunification for refugees, including through the issuance of Temporary Resident Permits (TRPs) to allow family members of refugees to live in Canada while they wait for their permanent residence applications to be processed!
FAQs: call for Speedy Refugee Family Reunification
Once a person in Canada has been accepted as a refugee (known as a “Protected Person”), they can apply for permanent residence for themselves and their immediate family members (spouse and children). Family members who are overseas must wait for their permanent residence application to be processed before they can travel to Canada. This takes many years.
Temporary Resident Permits (TRPs) should be issued to family members of refugees so that they live in Canada while they wait for their permanent residence applications to be processed.
Children's art greeting cards
Print up these cards and send them to Members of Parliament or others whose support you are seeking for faster family reunification for refugees.
Family separation from the children's perspective
Thousands of children are experiencing years of separation from family members due to the Canadian government’s decision to delay family reunification for refugees.
We invited affected families to share drawings by children, so that we can better understand the impact of family separation from the children’s perspective.
Explore the children's drawings!