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How Canada criminalizes migrants

Two leading human rights organizations are calling on provinces to stop the practice of sending asylum seekers and refugee complainants to jail indefinitely

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Jeremy Appel
Oct 15, 2021
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Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are pressuring provincial governments to cancel an agreement with Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) that allows for asylum seekers and refugees to be held in jail indefinitely while their claims are processed.

A Canadian cop directs an asylum seeker from Roxham Road in Champlain, N.Y., to the closest Ca…
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