We don’t need to reinvent the wheel and can dispense with unhelpful terms like ‘climate refugee’. Existing laws, applied correctly, can protect people.
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Recent comments about international students in Canada significantly abusing the asylum system are misleading and obscure the context needed to understand a complex issue.
We know how to reduce homelessness and uphold our responsibilities to those seeking asylum and protection. Now all we need is the political will.
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.
The Canadian government should send a clear signal that it cares about constitutional and international law, heed a Federal Court ruling and take steps to immediately suspend the STCA.
Canada wants to expand a Canada-U.S. pact to make it tougher for asylum-seekers from the U.S. to come to Canada. The question is: What will Canada have to give the United States to get them to agree?
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Director, Centre for Refugee Studies & Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada
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Professor, Public and International Affairs, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Immigration Researcher, York University, Canada
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Associate Professor of Law, Queen's University, Ontario
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Visiting professor, Harvard University
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PhD Candidate, Socio-legal Studies, York University, Canada
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Lecturer in International Relations, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow
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Scientia Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW