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I think it’s also important to note that the “shelter” that asylum seekers are often given is in provincial prisons according to a study University of Toronto released in 2015. Asylum seekers that are detained frequently have not been charged with any criminal offence and can legally be held indefinitely.
Asylum seekers held in immigration detention centres aren’t treated any better than those held in prison. And another UofT study released in February stated that Canadian born children of detained immigrants are also often held in detention centres despite being Canadian citizens stating: “Like in prison, detained children are searched regularly and allowed outside for only one hour a day.” My country is not as nice and shiny as it likes to present itself.
oh no! oh no I wasn’t ready for this, Canada.
I Googled for University of Toronto and found this study, called We Have No Rights. (Link is to the PDF.)
Canada, you have a vaguely left-ish government with a responsible and responsive (one hopes) head of state. You can do this, especially with the screaming garbage fire to the south to serve as your cautionary tale.
But you’ve got to try. Try, while you still can.
I think it’s also important to note that the “shelter” that asylum seekers are often given is in provincial prisons according to a study University of Toronto released in 2015. Asylum seekers that are detained frequently have not been charged with any criminal offence and can legally be held indefinitely.
Asylum seekers held in immigration detention centres aren’t treated any better than those held in prison. And another UofT study released in February stated that Canadian born children of detained immigrants are also often held in detention centres despite being Canadian citizens stating: “Like in prison, detained children are searched regularly and allowed outside for only one hour a day.” My country is not as nice and shiny as it likes to present itself.
oh no! oh no I wasn’t ready for this, Canada.
I Googled for University of Toronto and found this study, called We Have No Rights. (Link is to the PDF.)
Canada, you have a vaguely left-ish government with a responsible and responsive (one hopes) head of state. You can do this, especially with the screaming garbage fire to the south to serve as your cautionary tale.
But you’ve got to try. Try, while you still can.
