Detained Migrants Get a Pandemic Lifeline
The tribunal deciding who to hold has new rules about harsh treatment. Result: more are being freed from incarceration.
Amelia Williams is a graduate student at UBC’s School of Journalism, Writing and Media. She is completing a practicum at The Tyee. Follow her on Twitter at @ajlwilliams13. SHARES In pleading to be let out, migrants held in detention some in prisons like the Fraser Regional Correctional Centre now can present evidence of impacts on mental and physical health.
Photo by Jonathan Hayward, the Canadian Press.
Small changes to the way Canada’s immigration tribunals make decisions during the pandemic could mean a world of difference for migrants in detention centres and prisons, a recent study finds.