Refugee law after 9/11 : sanctuary and security in Canada and the United States

Summary: "Refugee Law after 9/11 undertakes a detailed, systematic examination of available legal, policy, and empirical evidence to reveal a great irony: refugee rights were already so whittled down in both countries before 9/11 that there was relatively little room for negative change after the attacks. It also shows that the Canadian refugee law regime reacted to 9/11 in much the same way as its US counterpart, raising significant questions about the power of security relativism and the cogency of the Canadian and US national self-image. Obiora Okafor explores the logic behind changes in refugee law in Canada and the United States following 9/11 and up to the present, uncovering the reasons for the orientation of their respective refugee rights regimes in specific ways." -- publisher's website

Record details

ISBN: 9780774861465 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
regular print
xii, 349 pages ; 23 x 16 cm
Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, [2020]
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: Refugee Law after 9/11: A Canada-US Comparison -- 1. Deportations to Torture -- 2. The Detention of Asylum Seekers and Refugees -- 3. Terrorism-Related Inadmissibility -- 4. The Canada-US Safe Third Country Measure -- Conclusion: Refugee Law, Security Relativism, and National Self-Image in Canada and the US after 9/11