Gauri Sreenivasan
Gauri Sreenivasan is the co-executive director of the Canadian Council for Refugees, where she advocates for the rights and protections of refugees and asylum seekers in Canada. Sreenivasan has been vocal about the implications of recent immigration reforms, arguing that they undermine the legal rights of claimants by diverting them to a less protective process, thus denying them fair hearings and access to justice.
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Gauri Sreenivasan, co-executive director at the Canadian Council for Refugees, welcomed the recommendation to remove parts 5 to 8 of Bill C-12.
Senate committee calls for gutting of flagship immigration bill over human rights concerns
Canada· 2026-02-23
Gauri Sreenivasan is the co-executive director of the Canadian Council for Refugees and addressed the Senate committee regarding asylum claims.
Immigration Minister defends proposed changes to asylum rules through border billCanada· 2026-02-17
Gauri Sreenivasan, co-executive director of the Canadian Council for Refugees, said it was a 'hugely overdue initiative.'
Federal budget 2025: Foreigners living in Canada will get permanent residence priority, Immigration Minister saysCanada· 2025-11-06
Gauri Sreenivasan, co-executive director of the Canadian Council for Refugees, criticized the potential homelessness of asylum claimants.
Asylum seekers living in government-funded hotels told to check out by next weekCanada· 2025-09-24
Gauri Sreenivasan remarked on the global impact of Alan Kurdi's image and the ongoing plight of refugees.
Ten years after Alan Kurdi’s photo prompted an outpouring, experts fear a loss of empathy for refugeesCanada· 2025-09-02
Gauri Sreenivasan, co-executive director of the Canadian Council for Refugees, criticized the one-year bar in Bill C-2 as a dangerous step.
Border bill would leave dissidents who visited Canada in the past at risk: expertsCanada· 2025-08-18
Gauri Sreenivasan, co-executive director of the Canadian Council for Refugees, said the changes in the bill would mean huge numbers of people from conflict zones would be unable to access asylum hearings at the IRB.
Border bill would create ‘in limbo’ foreign residents, refugee groups sayCanada· 2025-07-10
Gauri Sreenivasan is the co-executive director of the Canadian Council for Refugees.
Ottawa’s proposed immigration reforms will restrict asylum seekers access to hearingsCanada· 2025-06-05
