Ask the Government of Canada to take Action Regarding the Ongoing Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan Now

Since April 2023, the people of Sudan have faced a horrific civil war, mass displacement, and a tragic number of family separations. They continue to suffer one of the worst, most devastating humanitarian disasters of this century.  
 
Canada can and must do more to help.  

In 2024, Canada introduced a family-based humanitarian permanent residence pathway, but the program closed to new applications in April 2025 after reaching its intake cap.  
 
This is not enough. Things have only gotten worse in Sudan this past year. Many, many Sudanese families remain unable to reunite with loved ones in Canada. 
 
The Government of Canada must, among other things, immediately reopen and expand a dedicated humanitarian immigration pathway for Sudanese families, ensuring accessible, expedited and permanent protection for those fleeing the conflict. 
 
That also means ensuring and implementing the following items: 

1. Expand the Sudan family-based humanitarian pathway and raise its intake cap, so that families who could not apply can bring their loved ones to safety. 

2. Waive the refugee status determination (RSD) requirement for privately sponsored Sudanese refugees on a broader scale, beyond the limited spaces made available in 2025.

3. Increase the allocation for Sudanese refugees in the Government-Assisted Refugee program in the 2027 Immigration Levels Plan, in line with the scale of the crisis.

4. Address the discriminatory treatment of Sudanese families arriving through Canada’s humanitarian family reunification pathway. While newcomers from Ukraine received one-time grants of $3,000 per adult and $1,500 per child, and beneficiaries of the Colombia–Haiti–Venezuela pathway received transitional financial assistance, Sudanese families were excluded from comparable support despite facing similar displacement, trauma, and financial hardship.⁠