immigration detention

The High Court delivered a ruling earlier this month that’s led to the release of more than 140 people from indefinite immigration detention. 

Some have serious criminal backgrounds in Australia or overseas. 

It’s become a political nightmare for the government as it’s scrambled to have those released monitored by authorities. 

Today, chief political correspondent for the ABC’s 7.30 program, Laura Tingle, on why the political chaos that’s unfolded since the court ruling has been an ‘unedifying debacle’.

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Laura Tingle, 7.30's chief political correspondent

Dr. Alison Mountz talks to Dr. Sharry Aiken and Dr. Stephanie Silverman about immigration detention in the context of their project, De-Carceral Futures, which aimed to create a broader public conversation about immigration detention and its consequences.

Transcript available here.

Heads up, this episode’s topic is dense and heavy with mentions of traumatic experiences, death, and suicide. But it is a topic that is extremely important to give voice to that is intentionally kept under the radar. This week we discuss the intricacies, the difficulties, and the atrocities that are the refugee and asylum claimant processes as well as the state of immigration detention in Canada. 

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References & Further Reading:

List of current genocide alerts
Refugee myths
Time spent in exile
How Canada’s Refugee System Works
How immigration detention centres work in Canada
How COVID-19 Is Affecting Detention
Human Rights Watch 
7 facts about immigration detention in Canada
Nearly 100,000 migrants in Canada jailed without charge
Canada Has a Dismal Record of Locking Up Migrants 
The Human and Financial Cost of Detention of Asylum Seekers in Canada 
Did you know... ? Facts about refugees and refugee claimants in Canada 
Canada to reject refugees with claims in other countries 
'It means everything to me': Wait times to have refugee claims heard continue to rise 
Solidarity Across Borders 
Irregular border crossing statistics
Ottawa silent on ‘vigilante’ officer’s testimony
Border agent showed ‘willingness to go rogue,’ 
Immigration Detention in Canada

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George flees anti-gay violence in his native Ghana and seeks asylum in the United States. This is the story of what happens next. Featuring Elizabeth Singer, MD, MPH, director of the Mount Sinai Human Rights Program. The program provides medical evaluations to support the claims of victims of human rights abuses who are seeking asylum in the United States. The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) provided legal services to George. Music by Blue Dot Sessions.

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On this episode of Appointed, we dig into the issue of immigration detention. We speak with a man named Olu and his wife Kimora. Olu was detained for 11 months, despite having no criminal charges laid against him. He organized with his fellow detainees and even went on a hunger strike to try to secure his freedom. We also speak with Jared Will, the lawyer who ultimately helped Olu out of detention, and Professor Jamie Liew, a legal expert in immigration and refugee law who represented Amnesty International in a landmark case on migrant rights at the Supreme Court of Canada

Mount Sinai researchers have published the first large, empirical study examining the mental health of children in immigration detention. Co-authors Craig Katz, MD, and Priscilla Agyeman, MPH, talk about what they found and what it means for all of us. More about the study (http://bit.ly/2yl3swP). The Mount Sinai Human Rights Program (http://bit.ly/2OqPRyL). Dr. Craig Katz (http://bit.ly/2yrHo3r). Help us tell more great stories by completing our listener survey (http://bit.ly/2knrxzR). Enjoying the podcast? Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/2Nve2Kt). Music by BlueDot Sessions

Check out more episodes of Road to Resilience —as well as guest pictures, transcripts, and more— on the Mount Sinai website.

Road to Resilience brings you stories and insights to help you thrive in a challenging world. From fighting burnout and trauma to building resilient families, we explore what’s possible when science meets the human spirit.