Outsourcing racism: Bill C-31, Prison Expansion, and the Detention of Immigrants

http://www.solidarityacrossborders.org/solidarity-city/solidarity-city-journal/outsourcing-racism-bill-c-31-prison-expansion-and-the-detention-of-immigrants
Date Written:  2013-05-10
Year Published:  2013
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX15673

Under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, CBSA may arrest and detain a foreign national or permanent resident they deem a threat to public safety, a potential flight risk, unable to substantiate their identity, or a threat to “national security.” Despite the regular invocation of migrants as potentially dangerous and as “criminal,” in reality the overwhelming majority of detainees (94.2%) are held for reasons entirely unrelated to questions of security. Indeed, entire families, including young children, are currently imprisoned in Canadian detention centers.

Subject Headings

• Indefinite Detention
• Migrants
• Prisons
• Privatization
• Refugee Determination
• Refugees