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‘Canada is handing people over to ICE’: refugees rejected at border face US detention (www.theguardian.com)

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As Canada tightens asylum rules, refugees reuniting with family say they were turned over to ICE and jailed for months after failed border claims

Refugees like Appolon attempt to claim asylum in Canada through an exception to the country’s Safe Third Country Agreement with the US. Under the agreement, refugees must seek asylum in the first “safe country” they arrive in.

But legal experts argue that the US should not be considered a safe third country. They argue that the country’s long-term detention of those seeking refuge and threats to deport asylum seekers to countries where they could be harmed or killed indicate that the US is not safe.

Meanwhile, Canada is tightening its own asylum system. New legislation enacted in March has created further ineligibility rules for refugee claimants, prompting critics to accuse Mark Carney’s government of introducing Trump-style immigration policies.

Refugees like Appolon remain jailed in the US “because Canada conducted proceedings at the border in a manner that was rigid and, frankly, unfair”, said Simpson.

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[-] db_null@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago

Democracies aren't overthrown, they are betrayed. By the conservative, centrist and partially even liberal parties introducing and enforcing policies that give the far-right a head start.

Refugees and immigrants have been politically weaponised for a while now. Governments currently perceived as moderate cooperating with paramilitary fascist organisations is how things were normalised in Germany 1933. We're loosing our humanity again.

[-] enphurgen@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

Blaming Canada for not taking on the problems of another country while said country is arresting its own citzens is some weak propaganda ass bullshit.

[-] guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 hours ago

Canada rejecting a refugee isn't the same as handing them over to ICE.

[-] TheHonourablePierrePoilievre@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

But for the last four and a half months, Appolon has been incarcerated in a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility.

And another case:

He was soon placed in ICE’s Buffalo facility.

[-] Contrary@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Canada is implementing sane immigration reform - it's certainly not perfect, but comparing any facet of it to ICE is disingenuous and serves only to normalize the current state of American politics

To anyone downvoting this: respectfully, pay more attention. There is a global attack on immigration policy being perpetuated by the United States - it's no coincidence that the conversation has shifted from US policy to immigration policy in every western country, basically overnight.

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