Informal Request for ATI Records Previously Released

Organization: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Year: 2020

Month: December

Request Number: 2A-2020-39106

Request Summary: Policy documents (briefing notes, policies, plans, etc.) regarding the Joint Assistance Sponsorship program for Kosovar refugees from 1999 to 2001. Please include: -Documents or correspondence regarding the decision to use the Joint Assistance Sponsorship program (as opposed to traditional Government-Assisted Refugee resettlement or a blended program) to welcome Kosovar refugees, including documents regarding the classification of Kosovar refugees as "high needs" -Documents to promote the Kosovar Joint Assistance Sponsorship program to potential refugee sponsors -Documents regarding cooperation between sponsors and Resettlement Assistance Program Settlement Provider Organizations to assist Kosovar refugees -Any evaluations of the Kosovar refugee sponsorship program Exclude cabinet confidence. Exclude documents that are only about the emergency evacuation airlift, the military operation, or the time spent on military bases and do not discuss sponsorship in Canada. Timeframe: Jan 1, 1999 - Dec 31, 2002.

Disposition: Disclosed in part

Number of pages: 702

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