{"id":228684,"date":"2019-05-23T14:45:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T18:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/podcast\/can-we-end-migrant-detention-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T01:04:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:04:48","slug":"can-we-end-migrant-detention-2","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/podcast\/can-we-end-migrant-detention-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Can we end migrant detention?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Canada, thousands of migrants are detained at any time<\/a>, with up to one third of detainees in maximum and medium-security prisons<\/a> despite most never having been charged with a crime. The recent Canada v. Chhina<\/em> Supreme Court ruling<\/a> allows detained migrants to access the remedy of habeas corpus so that, in appropriate cases, they can challenge the legality and conditions of their detention before a judge. However, critics like migration expert Sharry Aiken say it fails to address the underlying issues of how Canada sets the grounds for detention and the basis for release.<\/p>\n

Migrant detention is actually a relatively new phenomenon in North America. For the participants of the recent De-Carceral Futures conference<\/a> at the Queen\u2019s School of Law, it\u2019s something we can and must do away with. We attended the conference to interview some of the scholars and activists who are working toward a world in which neither migrants nor citizens are incarcerated.<\/p>\n

Photo: Jonathan Simon gives a keynote presentation at De-Carceral Futures. By Julia Bugiel.<\/span><\/p>\n

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