Refugees Are (Not) Welcome Here: The Paradox of Protection in Canada

by Azar Masoumi

Analyzing the contradictions within Canada's refugee system.

State-controlled refugee protection in Canada has gone through paradoxical developments in recent decades; while refugee rights have expanded, access to these rights has tightened. Previously unrecognized groups, such as women experiencing gender-based violence and 2SLGBTQ+ populations, are now considered legitimate refugees in refugee-law practices. Simultaneously, increasingly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774868716
• ISBN13: 9780774868716
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 196 Pages