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Refugees are (not) welcome here : the paradox of protection in Canada /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Masoumi, Azar (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, [2024]
Series:Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
Subjects:
Refugees > Government policy > Canada.
Refugees > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada.
Réfugiés > Politique gouvernementale > Canada.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chronology of Significant Events
  • Introduction: States of Paradox, the Paradox of States
  • Part 1: The Early Years, 1946-92
  • 1 Forty Years of Beginnings: The Origins of Systematic Refugee Protection in Canada
  • 2 With Rights Came the Rightless: Bureaucracy and Restrictionism
  • Part 2: The Middle Trenches, 1993-2006
  • 3 A Nice Symbolic Gesture: The Making of the Gender Guidelines
  • 4 The Losing Game of Protection: Administrative Failure and Restrictionist Salvage
  • Part 3: Recent Times, 2007-17
  • 5 Pivoting on Gay: Sexual Rights and Migration Restriction
  • 6 Protection on Life Support: Bureaucracy, Intersectionality, and SOGIE Protection
  • Conclusion: For Whose Protection?
  • Appendix A: Information Received from the IRB Communications Office in Ottawa
  • Appendix B: Written Interview with an IRB Manager
  • Notes
  • List of References
  • Index.