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Between Protection And Punishment: The Irregular Arrival Regime In Canadian Refugee Law, Efrat Arbel
Between Protection And Punishment: The Irregular Arrival Regime In Canadian Refugee Law, Efrat Arbel
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This chapter questions the Canadian border’s reconstitution as a site of punishment for refugee claimants by examining the Designated Foreign National (DFN) regime, which permits the Canadian government to discipline foreign nationals for suspected violations of Canadian border laws by subjecting them to penalties that are formally classified as administrative, but amount to de facto punishment. These include mandatory arrest and detention, as well as compulsory reporting and ongoing document inspection. In this chapter, I examine the operation of the DFN regime in relation to other border measures, focusing specifically on the Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement. I argue that …