Prof. Audrey Macklin writes "Mentally ill migrants don’t belong in jail" in Toronto Star

Monday, June 22, 2015

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Audrey Macklin asks what is best place for a detained migrant with mental health issues, and argues that jail is not the answer ("Mentally ill migrants don’t belong in jail," June 21, 2015).

Constitutional Roundtable: Cristina Rodriguez

CONSTITUTIONAL ROUNDTABLE

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Cristina Rodriguez
Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law
Yale Law School

Presidential Power and Immigration Law

Wednesday, October 14, 2015
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Being a migrant isn’t a crime and mental illness should not be punished

Audrey Macklin
Thursday, June 18, 2015

Canada routinely detains undocumented migrants, often in holding centres and sometimes in maximum security jails.  This includes non-citizens who are extremely vulnerable: asylum-seekers, torture survivors, and those who have serious mental health issues.

The number of non-citizens held in immigration detention in Canada has been steadily climbing in recent years. In 2013, over 7300 non-citizens were held in detention in Canada for some period of time, and over 60% of detentions occur in Ontario.  Almost a third of migrants are detained in provincial jails, most often co-mingled with the general prison population. 

IWe are not speaking of non-citizens who have been charged with a crime, tried before a judge, convicted, and serving a criminal sentence. The migrants in detention may have been on their way into Canada as refugee claimants, or on their way out of Canada because they have been ordered to leave. A Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officer unilaterally decides whether to order detention, usually on grounds that the person needs to be held in custody to facilitate imminent deportation, and/or out of concern that the person might ‘go underground’.  But deportation may turn out not to be imminent because the country of origin refuses to issue travel documents, or is so conflict-ridden that it is unsafe to send anyone there.  The end result: detainees are sometimes jailed for months and years.

Respect the weight of 800 years of law in Khadr bail

Audrey Macklin
Monday, April 27, 2015

 

Portrait of Audrey Macklin

 

This oped by law scholar Prof. Audrey Macklin, commenting on Canadian Omar Khadr's release on bail pending his appeal, appeared in the print and online versions of the Globe and Mail today. Read the full commentary online here, or below.

 

Respect the weight of 800 years of law in Khadr bail

By Audrey Macklin, Professor & Chair in Human Rights Law

Prof. Audrey Macklin - "European politicians envy Canada’s points system for migrants. But how well has it worked?"

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

In a commentary in Britain's The Guardian newspaper, Prof. Audrey Macklin analyzes the Canadian "points system" that European goverments are looking to as a model for managing immigration, and points out that the Canadian government is currently moving away from it ("European politicians envy Canada’s points system for migrants. But how well has it worked?" March 24, 2015).

Prof. Audrey Macklin - "Poof! Now you’re an illegal immigrant!"

Thursday, March 19, 2015

In a commentary in the National Post, Prof. Audrey Macklin analyzes the impact of the new "4-in, 4-out" regulation that will come into effect on April 1, 2015. The regulation requires all temporary foreign workers who have been in Canada for 4 years to leave the country or be deemed illegal ("Poof! Now you’re an illegal immigrant!", March 19, 2015).

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

 

Top 5 most viewed faculty op-eds of 2014

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Our faculty comment regularly in the media on current issues. The five faculty op-eds that were most viewed on our website over the past year addressed some of the most immediate and controversial topics of 2014, ranging from citizenship to prostitution, terrorism, high-frequency trading and elections.

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Prof. Audrey Macklin - "Case of Mohamed Fahmy shows failing of new citizenship rules"

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Audrey Macklin and Lorne Waldman, President of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, show how the new citizenship law recently passed by the Canadian government could be used against jailed journalist Mohamed Fahmy and other Canadians jailed in foreign countries without adequate judicial process ("Case of Mohamed Fahmy shows failing of new citizenship rules," June 29, 2014).

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