It’s been ten years since I was put in immigration detention… Hearing the sound of keys jangling takes me right back to the jail, with guards on their rounds … When I see a border officer, I have panic attacks.
Sara, a woman fleeing persecution in Mexico held in a BC jail in 2012
A major Canadian city has made a historic move to help protect the rights of migrants and asylum seekers.
Vancouver’s City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to urge the province of British Columbia to terminate its immigration detention contract with the federal government. The contract allows the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to incarcerate immigration detainees in British Columbia’s jails. No other Canadian city has taken this step.
At the hearing, city officials heard from Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, and Rainbow Refugee. Continue
