What is the criteria used for determining whether there is sufficient humanitarian and compassionate grounds to grant special relief?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Assiamah Appiah v. Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2009 CanLII 81015 (CA IRB):
In determining whether there are sufficient humanitarian and compassionate grounds to grant special relief, the panel is guided by a number of criteria ,which the Minister’s counsel referred to in his submissions and which have been developed in the case law, particularly Ribic v. M.E.I.[1] I want to state what I ought to have stated at the beginning—that you will be getting a copy of the oral reasons and I reserve the right to add references if I feel they are relevant.
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