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The Right of Repatriation – Canadian Refugee Policy: The Case of Rwanda

This paper examines the principle of the right to repatriation and the Canadian dilemma in applying that principle in dealing with both refugees and the country from which they originally fled, Rwanda. It is particularly concerned with the right of individuals to be a member of a state and with the right to regain membership … Continue reading The Right of Repatriation – Canadian Refugee Policy: The Case of Rwanda

“The Diffuse Border: Intelligence-Sharing, Control and Confinement Along Canada’s Smart Border”

Taking its cue from Deleuze’s reading of Foucault’s notion of apparatus (dispositif), this article explores the assemblage of mechanisms, institutions, discourses and practices that came to be conceptualized as a “smart border.” Through an examination of Canadian policy documents, this article analyses the smart border as a “diffuse border.” Physically extending beyond and inside its … Continue reading “The Diffuse Border: Intelligence-Sharing, Control and Confinement Along Canada’s Smart Border”