Canada Immigration recognizes that some countries are so unsafe that we do not remove persons to them and this has been so since the Cold War.

There are now two categories:

1. Administrative deferral of removals (ADR) – The ADR is meant to be a temporary measure when immediate action is needed to temporarily defer removals in situations of humanitarian crisis.  An ADR is currently in place for certain regions in Somalia (Middle Shabelle, Afgoye, and Mogadishu), the Gaza Strip, Syria, Mali, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Libya, Yemen, Burundi, and Haiti.

2. Temporary suspension of removals (TSR) – The TSR program interrupts removals to a country or place when general conditions pose a risk to the entire civilian population.  Canada currently has a TSR in place for Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Iraq.

The primary differences between the TSR and the ADR are that an ADR is generally put in place for a short period of time.