{"id":4657,"date":"2025-11-22T05:15:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T05:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=4657"},"modified":"2025-11-22T05:16:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T05:16:20","slug":"health-watch-they-just-cant-jam-our-replacements-in-here-fast-enough-liberals-scrap-asylum-claimant-health-screening-to-fast-track-refugee-stat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=4657","title":{"rendered":"HEALTH WATCH: THEY JUST CAN’T JAM OUR REPLACEMENTS IN HERE FAST ENOUGH –Liberals scrap asylum claimant health screening to fast-track refugee status"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

HEALTH WATCH: THEY JUST CAN’T JAM OUR REPLACEMENTS IN HERE FAST ENOUGH — Liberals scrap asylum claimant health screening to fast-track refugee status<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab has permanently eliminated the requirement for refugee claimants to pay for a second medical exam when applying for permanent residency.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Author: Clayton DeMaine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab has permanently eliminated the requirement for refugee claimants to pay for a second medical exam when applying for permanent residency, a move she says will remove barriers to status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As first reported by Blacklock\u2019s Reporter<\/a>, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) released a Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement<\/a> explaining its decision to scrap the medical exam requirement for asylum seekers by amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Taxpayers will still pay for each refugee applicant and their family to receive medical examinations when they first enter Canada and submit asylum claims, but the exemption permanently removes the requirement for a second medical exam when applying for permanent residency, the statement reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe vulnerability of a protected person in Canada can be exacerbated by financial instability, particularly when fees associated with making a permanent residence application delay their application,\u201d the analysis statement reads. \u201cOn average\u2026a complete immigration medical examination costs approximately $400 per person, including doctor fees, blood work, exams and X-rays. \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exemption was in place as a temporary measure since September 10, 2020. It was implemented to \u201censure that the cost associated with this examination does not act as a barrier to protected persons in Canada\u201d and to \u201cstreamline the permanent residence application process,\u201d the statement notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIRCC conducted a risk assessment, reviewing factors related to public health, public safety, and the potential impact on Canada\u2019s publicly funded health-care system,\u201d the statement reads. \u201cBased on this assessment, it was determined that eliminating the subsequent immigration medical examination requirement for eligible protected persons in Canada is low risk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neither the IRCC nor Diab were immediately available when asked to comment and provide the data they used to determine that the risk to public health was worth helping refugees save money and gain permanent residency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The amendments exempt protected persons in Canada and their accompanying family members who meet several criteria: they have completed an initial taxpayer-funded medical exam, are applying for permanent residency, and have not spent \u201csix or more months\u201d in a \u201ctuberculosis-designated country or territory,\u201d since their last medical examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cApplicants who are required to submit to medical surveillance after their initial immigration medical examination and are found to be non-compliant cannot benefit from this exemption,\u201d the IRCC said in its statement. \u201cThey must complete their subsequent immigration medical examination when they apply for permanent residency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the time the temporary public policy came into effect in September 2020 until May 14, 2024, 36,022 \u201csubsequent immigration medical examinations\u201d have been exempted. The IRCC estimates this saved protected persons a collective $3,928,000 annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Public Health Canada and medical studies, several viruses and diseases are being introduced or reintroduced into Canada through travel and foreign-born individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Public Health Canada, 70 per cent of tuberculosis cases<\/a> in 2019 were among foreign-born individuals. In the same year, 113 measles cases<\/a> were reported in Canada, of which 37 per cent were imported and 29 per cent \u201cresulted in further transmission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The COVID virus and its variants, such as the Omicron variant, arrived in Canada through international travel, even amid vaccine mandates banning \u201cunvaccinated\u201d people from travelling on airplanes and other modes of transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Health Canada and Public Health Ontario have also linked a resurgence of sexually transmitted diseases such as syphilis, gonorrhea, and HIV to \u201ctravel-related sexual networks and exposure outside of Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HEALTH WATCH: THEY JUST CAN’T JAM OUR REPLACEMENTS IN HERE FAST ENOUGH — Liberals scrap asylum claimant health screening to fast-track refugee status Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab has permanently eliminated the requirement for refugee claimants to pay for a second medical exam when applying for permanent residency. Author: Clayton DeMaine Immigration Minister Lena Metlege […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3320,3319],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4657"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4657"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4660,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4657\/revisions\/4660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}