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Immigration Detention in Canada

The Global Detention Project (GDP) is a research initiative that assesses states’ use of detention in response to global migration. Based at the Graduate Institute’s Programme for the Study of Global Migration in Geneva, Switzerland, the GDP’s aims include: (1) providing researchers, advocates, and journalists with a measurable and regularly updated baseline foranalysing the growth … Continue reading Immigration Detention in Canada

Handbook on preventing unnecessary immigration detention, IDC

The International Detention Coalition (IDC) has launched new research: There are Alternatives: A handbook on preventing unnecessary immigration detention The handbook is based on two years of research in partnership with La Trobe University, Australia and found humane and cost effective mechanisms that prevent unnecessary and damaging immigration detention. The five-step Community Assessment and Placement … Continue reading Handbook on preventing unnecessary immigration detention, IDC