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The Matsqui Institution, a medium-security federal men’s prison in Abbotsford, B.C. The Canadian government plans to amend legislation to allow detained migrants to be held in federal prisons. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Detaining migrants in prisons violates human rights and risks abuses

Jessica Evans, Toronto Metropolitan University and Linda Mussell, University of Canterbury

Placing migrants who are not criminals in prisons risks serious violations of their human rights and perpetuates narratives about the criminality of immigrants.
The peace arch monument on the Canadian side of the Canada-U.S. border crossing, in Surrey, B.C. Several provinces will no longer allow the CBSA to detain immigrants in provincial jails. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Immigration detention continues in Canada despite the end of provincial agreements

Linda Mussell, University of Canterbury and Jessica Evans, Toronto Metropolitan University

Several Canadian provinces are terminating their immigration detention agreements with the CBSA. While that signals a move in the right direction, the federal government must also take action.
Every year, hundreds are held arbitrarily in provincial jails. The Canadian government must take action to end the jailing of migrants. (Shutterstock)

The detention of migrants in Canadian jails is a public health emergency

Emma Stirling-Cameron, University of British Columbia and Shira Goldenberg, San Diego State University

Migrants and refugee claimants in immigration detention continue to face serious trauma and abuse. The federal government must take action to stop migrant detentions.
Eight migrants from Somalia cross into Canada from the United States by walking down a train track into the town of Emerson, Man., in February 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

How the Canada Border Services Agency tolerates and even encourages refugee mistreatment

Kathryn Tomko Dennler, York University, Canada and Brianna Garneau, York University, Canada

A report finds that Canada’s flawed deportation process undermines refugee protection. Here’s why it must be reformed so that it meets Canada’s human rights obligations.

Related Topics

  1. Asylum seekers
  2. Human rights
  3. Immigration
  4. Immigration detention
  5. Incarceration
  6. Migrants
  7. Prison
  8. Refugee crisis
  9. Refugees

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