In the Wake of Irregular Arrivals: Changes to the Canadian Immigration Detention System

Authors

  • Stephanie J. Silverman York University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.39616

Keywords:

Canada, Bill C-31, Protecting Canada's Immigration System Act, irregular arrivals, immigration detention, designated countries of origin

Abstract

This article seeks to address the policies, practices, and conditions of immigration detention in Canada. The article surveys detention worldwide, its promulgation in Canada, and changes ushered in via 2012 policy innovations. Focusing on mandatory detention and its relationship to the Designated Countries of Origin policy, the article also demonstrates the disproportionality of the Canadian government’s response to recent arrivals of people migrating by boat. The article emphasizes the dangers of establishing mandatory detention provisions and questions the justifications provided by defenders of the policies.

cover Refuge vol. 30.2 2014

Downloads

Published

2014-11-19

How to Cite

Silverman, S. J. (2014). In the Wake of Irregular Arrivals: Changes to the Canadian Immigration Detention System. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, 30(2), 27–34. https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.39616

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 2 (2014): General Issue

Section

Articles

License

Copyright (c) 2014 Stephanie J. Silverman

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Refuge authors retain the copyright over their work, and license it to the general public under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License International (CC BY-NC 4.0). This license allows for non-commercial use, reproduction and adaption of the material in any medium or format, with proper attribution. For general information on Creative Commons licences, visit the Creative Commons site. For the CC BY-NC 4.0 license, review the human readable summary.