Term: Refugee

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2022-12-08

Definition:

Refugee claimants (or asylum seekers) are admitted on humanitarian grounds. Refugees can be admitted as protected persons in Canada, as dependents abroad or as resettled refugees.

For more detailed information, please see the Refugee concept.

Related concepts 

• Immigration / Migration Overview - Links to Immigration / Migration Data and Related Concepts and Glossary Terms
• Immigration Admission Category
• Refugee

Related terms 

• Forced Migration / Unvoluntary Migration
• Immigration Admission Category
• Migrant / Migration

References 

• Wanigaratne S, Shakya Y, Gagnon AJ, Cole DC, Rashid M, Blake J, Dastoori P, Moineddin R, Ray JG, Urquia ML. Refugee maternal and perinatal health in Ontario, Canada: A retrospective population-based study. BMJ Open 2018;8(4):e018979. [Abstract] (View)
• Wanigaratne S, Rashid M, Gagnon A, Cole DC, Shakya Y, Moineddin R, Blake J, Yudin MH, Campbell D, Ray JG, Urquia ML. Refugee mothers, migration pathways and HIV: A population-based cohort study. AIDS Care 2019;Epub ahead of print. [Abstract] (View)

Term used in 

• Ewesesan R, Chartier MJ, Nickel NC, Wall-Wieler E, Urquia ML. Psychosocial and behavioral health indicators among immigrant and non-immigrant recent mothers. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2022;22(1):612. [Abstract] (View)
• Urquia M, Walld R, Prior H, Detillieux G, Eze N, Koseva I. The Diversity of Immigrants to Manitoba, Migration Dynamics and Basic Healthcare Service Use. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2020. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)
• Urquia ML, Walld R, Wanigaratne S, Eze ND, Azimaee M, McDonald JT, Guttmann A. Linking national immigration data to provincial repositories: The case of Canada. Int J Popul Data Sci 2021;6(1):1412. [Abstract] (View)