Refugee law after 9/11 : sanctuary and security in Canada and the US

Summary: "Common wisdom suggests that 9/11 changed everything about refugee law in the United States and in Canada. But did it? "Refugee Law after 9/11" systematically examines the evidence to reveal that refugee rights were already so whittled down in both countries before 9/11 that there was relatively little room for negative change after the attacks. It also shows that the Canadian refugee law regime reacted to 9/11 in much the same way as its US counterpart, and these similar reactions raise significant questions about security relativism and national self-image in the two countries."--

Record details

ISBN: 9780774861472
ISBN: 9780774861465
ISBN: 0774861460
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Physical Description: print
xii, 349 pages ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Vancouver ; UBC Press, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: Refugee Law after 9/11: A Canada-US Comparison -- Deportations to Torture -- The Detention of Asylum Seekers and Refugees -- Terrorism-Related Inadmissibility -- The Canada-US Safe Third Country Measure -- Conclusion: Refugee Law, Security Relativism, and National Self-Image in Canada and the United States after 9/11.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Issued also in electronic format.