Refugees who arrive by boat and Canada's commitment to the refugee convention: A discursive analysis

Refuge

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-206

  Mann, Alexandra ^a  

^a HIV/AIDS Legal Clinic   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION POLICY; REFUGEE;

CANADA;

EID: 79958775310     PISSN: 02295113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (128)

1. Catherine Dauvergne, Humanitarianism, Identity, and Nation: Migration Laws of Australia and Canada (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2005) at 5 and 163.
2. Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 28 July 1951, 189 U.N.T.S. 150, Can. T.S. 1969/6 (entered into force 22 April 1954, accession by Canada 2 September 1969).
3. Supra note 1 at 163-164.
4. Sharryn J. Aiken, "Of Gods and Monsters: National Security and Canadian Refugee Policy" (2001) 14 R.Q.D.I. 2 at 2;
5. Dauvergne, supra note 1 at 220;
6. Valerie Knowles, Strangers at Our Gates: Canadian Immigration and Immigration Policy, 1540-2006 (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2007) at 247;
7. Audrey Macklin, "Disappearing Refugees: Reflections on the Canada-US. Safe Third Country Agreement" (2005) 36 Columbia Hum. Rights. L. Rev. 365, at 365.
8. Macklin, supra note 4.
9. Supra note 1 at 220-221.
10. Harald Bauder, "Immigration Debate in Canada: How Newspapers Reported, 1996-2004" (2008) Int. Migration & Integration 9 at 292;
11. Knowles, supra note 4 at 222.
12. Knowles, supra note 4 at 223.
13. Marian Scott, "'Black July" 1983 marks the start of full-scale war in Sri Lanka" The Gazette (2 May 2009), (ProQuestCanadian Newsstand).
14. "After war, war measures" The Globe and Mail (28 May 2009), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
15. Hugh J. M. Johnston, The Voyage of the Komagata Maru: The Sikh Challenge to Canada's Colour Bar (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1989) at 114.
16. "B.C. apologizes for Komagata Maru incident" CBC News (23 May 2008) (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
17. "B.C. apologizes for Komagata Maru incident" CBC News (2008) Ibid.
18. Dirk Meissner, "94 years later, and apology to South Asian migrants" The Globe and Mail (24 May 2008) (ProQuestCanadian Newsstand).
19. rd ed. (Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2007) at 5.
20. "Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism," excerpts from "The Decline of the Nation State and the End of the Rights of Man" from
21. Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (Harcourt Brace, 1951), reprinted
22. rd ed. (Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2007) at 16.
23. Karen Musalo et al, eds., Refugee Law & Policy: A Comparative and International Approach, (2007) at 16 Ibid.
24. Re Munshi Singh, [1914] B.C.J. No. 116, 6 W.W.R. 1347, 20 B.C.R. 243 (BCCA).
25. Ibid..
26. Ninette Kelley & Michael Trebilcock, The Making of the Mosaic: A History of Canadian Immigration Policy (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998) at 151.
27. Eric W. Morse, "Some Aspects of the Komagata Maru Affair, 1914" in Canadian Historical Association, Report of the Annual Meeting Held at Ottawa, May 26-27, 1939 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1936) at 104.
28. Supra note 20 at 151.
29. Supra note 11 at 57.
30. Ibid, at 58.
31. Supra note 20 at 50.
32. Supra note 11 at 58.
33. Supra note 20 at 150.
34. Supra note 21 at 101.
35. Supra note 20 at 105.
36. Supra note 11 at 38.
37. Supranote 21 at 103.
38. Supra note 11.
39. Supra note 20 at 151.
40. Supra note 18.
41. Supra note 11 at 63.
42. Ibid, at 72.
43. Ibid, at 72.
44. Ibid, at 76-78.
45. Supra note 21 at 104.
46. Ibid, at 105-106.
47. Supra note 11 at 79.
48. Swpra note 21 at 106.
49. Supra note 8 at 121.
50. Supra note 11 at 102-104.
51. Ibid, at 108.
52. Ibid, at 114.
53. Ibid, at 114.
54. The media initially reported that the lifeboats carried 152 individuals. This number was later changed to 155; see Joe Serge, "Metro Tamils Open Homes for Brethren Found at Sea" Toronto Star (14 August 1986), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
55. Ron Lowman, "152 castaways rescued by fishermen after 5 days adrift off Newfoundland" The Toronto Star (12 August 1986), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
56. "Refugees survive ordeal at sea: 152 Sri Lankans set adrift in lifeboats off NfId. Coast" The Ottawa Citizen (12 August 1986), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
57. Graham Fraser & Robert Martin, "152 can stay if nationality is confirmed" The Globe and Mail (13 August 1986), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
58. Joseph Hall & Alan Story, "Refugees standing by story they came on ship from India" Toronto Star (13 August 1986), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
59. Supra note 46.
60. Christopher Waddell, "No means to track 155 Tamil refugees once permits expire" The Globe and Mail (16 August 1986), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
61. Graham Fraser, "Tamils wouldn't be deported, Bouchard says" The Globe and Mail (11 February 1987), (ProQuestCanadian Newsstand).
62. David Vienneau, "No more 'adventures' Ottawa tells refugees" Toronto Star (14 August 1986), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
63. "Tamils involved in criminal acts will be deported, minister vows" The Gazette (20 August 1986), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
64. Robert Lee Citizen. "Govt, tipped refugee ship was coming" The Ottawa Citizen (16 August 1986), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
65. Robert Lee Citizen. "Govt, tipped refugee ship was coming" The Ottawa Citizen (1986), Ibid.
66. Supra note 52.
67. "PM defends entry permits amid uproar" The Ottawa Citizen (18 August 1986), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
68. "Govt, fears refugees will encourage others" The Ottawa Citizen (13 August 1986), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
69. Supra note 62.
70. Joe O'Donnell, "Ship eluded dragnet despite early tip-off" Toronto Star (16 August 1986), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
71. Joe O'Donnell, "Ship eluded dragnet despite early tip-off" Toronto Star (1986), Ibid.
72. Joseph Hall, "Group 'regrets' lying to Canada spokesman says" Toronto Star (17 August 1986), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
73. Joe O'Donnell, "Show compassion for Tamil refugees Mulroney urges" Toronto Star (18 August 1986), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
74. Joe O'Donnell, "Show compassion for Tamil refugees Mulroney urges" Toronto Star (1986), Ibid.
75. Supra note 57.
76. Ibid..
77. Ibid..
78. Ibid..
79. Joe O'Donnell, "Some Tamils could face deportation Ottawa says" Toronto Star (19 August 1986), (ProQuestCanadian Newsstand).
80. Supra note 56.
81. Supra note 62.
82. "Leaders attempt to fight off litany of bad news; Tamil decision right despite mistakes: PM" The Ottawa Citizen (6 September 1986), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
83. Phinjo Gombu, "5-year wait taking toll on Tamil boat people" Toronto Star (11 August 1991), (ProQuestCanadian Newsstand).
84. "RCMP seize vessel on human smuggling tip; 'Security partners' raise alert to ship found off B.C. coast" The Ottawa Citizen (18 October 2009), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
85. Ibid..
86. Mathew Pearson, "Ship with 76 on board intercepted; Rusting vessel's seizure could be a case of human smuggling" The Province (18 October 2009), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
87. Petti Fong, "76 illegal migrants found on ship seized off B.C.;
88. Barefoot, bare-chested individuals on board say destination was Canada" Toronto Star (18 October 2009), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
89. Petti Fong, "Migrants said to be Tamils; 76 men on merchant ship seized off coast of B.C. are asylum-seekers, Canadian Tamil group says" Toronto Star (19 October 2009), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
90. Stewart Bell & Brian Hutchinson, "Canada tipped off to ship; 'Foreign intelligence' tracked migrants" National Post (21 October 2009), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
91. Jane Armstrong & Jill Mahoney, "Sri Lankan migrants suffered grueling journey" The Globe and Mail (22 October 2009), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
92. Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, S.C. 2001, c. 27, s. 57(1).
93. Cassidy Olivier, "Advocates call for release of Sri Lankan immigrants" The Province (25 October 2009), (ProQuestCanadian Newsstand).
94. nd Session (October 20, 2009).
95. Ibid..
96. Stewart Bell, "Sri Lankan migrant wanted for smuggling; Accused of working for Tamil Tigers" National Post (26 October 2009), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
97. Stewart Bell, "Cargo ship passenger wanted in Sri Lanka for terrorism; Subject of Interpol notice wanted for unspecified offence among 76 migrants detained after arriving off B.C. coast Saturday" The Vancouver Sun (23 October 2009), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
98. Stewart Bell, "Tamils' ship alleged to have traces of explosives; Suspected gunboat" National Post (3 November 2009), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
99. Ibid..
100. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. XXXX, 2010 FC 112, F.C.J. No. 128.
101. Ibid, at para. 5.
102. Ibid, at para. 6.
103. Ibid, at para. 14.
104. Ibid, at para. 15.
105. Ibid, at para. 18.
106. Ibid, at para. 21.
107. Chad Skelton, "Border Services has no proof migrants were terrorists; Statement contradicts secret report alleging 25 of the Sri Lankans captured last October were Tamil Tigers" The Vancouver Sun (10 July 2010), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
108. Supra note 80.
109. Supra note 81.
110. Jane Armstrong & John Ibbitson, "Seeking a safe haven, finding a closed door" The Globe and Mail (20 October 2009), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
111. Norma Greenaway, "Minister determined to fight 'human smuggling': Refugee claims will be handled as usual, he says" The Vancouver Sun (21 October 2009), (ProQuestCanadian Newsstand).
112. Supra note 81.
113. Jane Armstrong, "Traces of explosives potential danger to Tamils' case" The Globe and Mail (24 November 2009), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).
114. Aiken, supra note 2 at para. 47.
115. Ibid..
116. Andrew Brouwer & Judith Kumin, "Interception and Asylum: When Migration Control and Human Rights Collide" (2003) 21:4 Refuge 6.
117. Supra note 2.
118. Supra note 107 at para. 48.
119. Supra note 103.
120. Ibid..
121. Supra note 104.
122. Supra note 90.
123. Supra note 85, s. 133.
124. Supra note 5 at 369.
125. Supra note 67.
126. Dave Bartlett, "Immigration minister promotes refugee reforms: Jason Kenney on cross-Canada tour" The Telegram (6 April 2010), online: The Telegram http://www .metelegram.com/mdex.cfm?sid=335449&sc=79.
127. Supra note 5 at 369.
128. Stewart Bell, "Canada Monitors Suspicious Vessel; Maybe carrying migrants to B.C. coast: report" National Post (16 July 2010), (ProQuest-Canadian Newsstand).