Introduction: Interdiction at the Expense of Human Rights: A Long-Term Containment Strategy
Refuge – Canada’s Periodical on Refugees, Vol. 21 No. 4, pp.2-5, 2003
4 Pages Posted: 10 Feb 2010
Date Written: 2003
Abstract
Migratory pressure is heavy around the globe and the available data does not indicate any decrease in the foreseeable future. It has always been there: the highest number of immigrants to have come to Canada in one single year is still that of 1913, with more than 400,000. Today, globalization has only increased independent intercontinental migration. Fast and cheap transportation is available, as is international communication, through telephone and internet; knowledge about host countries is circulating through television and videos; large communities exist in host countries and are able to help friends, family, and compatriots.
Keywords: Human Rights, Refugee, Interdiction, Migration, Asylum, International Law, Security, Detention, Expulsion, Canada
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