Opinion: Legislation gives government unprecedented power to order prolonged arbitrary imprisonment of refugees, including their children
With reports that Canada incarcerated 289 migrant children in detention facilities last year, Canada’s increasingly questionable policy of detaining refugee claimants, including children, is again in the spotlight.
In response to media comments that refugee children languish in detention, Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews and Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney explain that the practice of detaining refugee claimants and refused claimants is not new in Canada.
With reports that Canada incarcerated 289 migrant children in detention facilities last year, Canada’s increasingly questionable policy of detaining refugee claimants, including children, is again in the spotlight.
In response to media comments that refugee children languish in detention, Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews and Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney explain that the practice of detaining refugee claimants and refused claimants is not new in Canada.
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Opinion: Legislation gives government unprecedented power to order prolonged arbitrary imprisonment of refugees, including their children ...