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"The Getting Landed Project holds that limbo is the most significant obstacle facing refugees in Canada today." This brief examines the issue of 'limbo' - the situation of refugees in Canada who do not have landed status and whose entire lives are on hold. The brief makes a number of recommendations about how to reduce and eliminate limbo and other barriers to landing and family reunification. The brief examines whether the proposed Immigration and Refugee Protection Act meets its own objectives in balancing Canada's security and its commitment to providing sanctuary to those in need of protection, and also whether this Bill complies with the various refugee and international human rights instruments to which Canada is a signatory. This brief is an example of how domestic legislation is being reviewed with an eye to international human rights obligations. [Descriptors: Migration - Refugees and Immigration, Canada]