Essay: Detaining migrants in prisons violates human rights and risks abuses
JESSICA EVANS and LINDA MUSSELL, in an article first published on The Conversation, look at Canada’s plan to allow federal prisons to be used to detain “high-risk” immigrants…
Roxham Road, asylum-seeker destination, busy after Biden-Trudeau pact
Champlain, New York/Toronto, CanadaReuters Asylum seekers warned by police they could be sent back continued to walk into Canada through the unofficial United States border crossing into Quebec at Roxham Road a day after the two countries amended a 20-year-old asylum pact trying to stem the influx. On Saturday afternoon, as snow began to fall […]
After pandemic drop, Canada’s detention of immigrants rises again
Toronto, Canada Reuters Canada is locking up more people in immigration detention without charge after the numbers fell during the pandemic, government data obtained by Reuters shows. Authorities cite an overall rise in foreign travelers amid easing restrictions but lawyers say their detained clients came to Canada years ago. Two closed Canadian border checkpoints are seen after it was […]