Prevain Devendran, Refugee Lawyer

06/04/2023

Disgraceful

Biodun, a 42-year-old former immigration detainee from Nigeria, spent nearly a year in a maximum-security Ontario jail.

03/24/2023

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-03-23/biden-canada-northern-border-agreement-trudeau

Sad news.

The deal will expand the ability of Canadian and American border officials to turn back asylum seekers who cross without authorization.

03/20/2023

Canada cannot turn away foreign spies seeking asylum simply by arguing espionage activities are ‘contrary to Canada’s interests,’ Federal Court rules.

03/20/2023

Tens of thousands are crossing into Canada via Roxham Road, an unofficial border in upstate New York.

03/18/2023

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser sats immigration and border enforcement officials, along with colleges and universities, have stepped up the effort to strengthen ‘the integrity measures’ in place to deal with the authenticity of acceptance letters from institutions.

03/17/2023

03/05/2023

https://apple.news/Ai6a8d9AeS42izY9Tylr1Tg

For the migrants lined up at the U.S.-Mexico border, their immediate goal is to find a way into the United States. But a longer term target looms for many: Canada.

03/04/2023

https://apple.news/AhLwn1QTkRdu6QQ27WyjGrQ

Police north of Toronto say they have rescued 64 Mexican migrants exploited by an international labour trafficking ring and in living conditions so deplorable that officers themselves have been left shaken.

03/03/2023

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mexican-man-died-us-border-1.6766033

The Mexican man who died Feb. 19 shortly after crossing the border into the United States near Stanstead, Que., had travelled from Toronto, where he and his family had been living for less than a year.

02/26/2023

It started last summer with 87, grew to 300, and most recently shot up to around 2,000 hotel rooms that were being utilized in Niagara Falls, Ont. to accommodate asylum seekers, With nearly 3,000 migrants having been transferred since July, community services of the city are feeling the pressure.

02/26/2023

😢 and 😡

A boat carrying more than 100 people broke apart while trying to land at a seaside resort.

02/25/2023

https://apple.news/AhByc5jtnRuGu0w5cF44a1Q

A small road straddling the Canada-U.S. border has become a political hot-topic in recent weeks as politicians are calling on Ottawa to shut it down. Here's what you need to know about Roxham Road and the political debate surrounding the border.