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Why some say Canada’s immigration detention centres are like prisons

A holding center at Saint-François, Laval, Quebec.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Ivanoh Demers

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Posted: May 13, 2022 7:52 PM

Canada has long presented itself as a safe haven for people fleeing crises abroad, but changes to immigration laws in recent decades have created detention centres some say are 'inhuman.'

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Why some say Canada’s immigration detention centres are like prisons

Headlines

Former and current students watching anti-Black racism plan at Windsor-Essex school board. Posted: 6 hours ago.

Quebec City mosque shooter must get chance at parole after 25 years, Supreme Court rules. Posted: 19 hours ago.

Western premiers demand ’sustainable’ health-care funding from federal government at meeting in Regina. Posted: 19 hours ago.

Man shot dead by Toronto police after schools locked down had pellet gun, police watchdog says. Posted: 19 hours ago.

Murray Sinclair given Order of Canada for championing Indigenous rights and freedoms. Posted: 19 hours ago.

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