Immigration and Citizenship Law

Human Rights Groups Urge Canada to Legislate Against Indefinite Immigration Detention, End Child Detention

In a commentary in the National Post, JD student Karen Chen, with co-authors Hugh Segal and Maureen Silcoff, argue that Canada needs higher immigration levels and an end to the Safe Third Country Agreement to stay competitive ("Canada's future prosperity depends on opening — not closing — our borders," July 4, 2018).

Read the full commentary on the National Post website, or below.

In a commentary in the Washington Post, Prof. Audrey Macklin argues that the U.S. can no longer be considered a safe country for refugee claimants and that Canada should suspend or revoke the Safe Third Country Agreement ("Canada is abandoning asylum seekers in a hostile country: The U.S.", June 25, 2018).

Listen to Prof. Ayelet Shachar discuss "Golden Visas, Dreamers, & Ethics in Immigration" in a podcast with the journal Ethics & International Affairs (a complete transcript is also available). The discussion is based on Prof.

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, JD students Anne-Rachelle Boulanger and Tanzeel Hakak, who are both clinic students at the International Human Rights Program, examine the case of Abdoul Abdi, who faces deportation even though he had been under the guardianship of Canadian governments since he was a child ("Canada’s failed commitment to international human rights law in the Abdoul Abdi case," May 28, 2018).

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, International Human Rights Program director Samer Muscati and Prof. Audrey Macklin analyze the case of Somalia-born but Canada-raised Abdoul Abdi, arguing that Canada should not deport him just because child-protection services never applied for citizenship for him while he spent his childhood under their care ("Abdoul Abdi case: A test of Canada’s commitment to rules and compassion," January 16, 2018).