International Journal of Children's Rights
Volume 27, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 562-579

Canada's Detention of children in immigration holding centres: Human rights violation, threat to health and reflection of Canada's problematic political economy (Article)

Ward T.D. , Raphael D.
  • a York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • b School of Health Policy and Management, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

Abstract

Between 2015-2016, 201 children were held in detention in the Toronto Immigration Holding Centre (Canada Border Services Agency, 2017). There may have been even more held across Canada, but these figures are unavailable. Child detention is illegal under international law and causes serious mental, physical, and emotional health complications. In this article we discuss Canada's detention of children drawing upon scholarship in the areas of (a) human rights and the law; (b) children's health and health equity; and (c) the political economy of the welfare state. The paper provides alternatives to Canadian practices by describing child detention best practices. © 2019 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Author Keywords

Political economy human rights Immigrant children Canada health equity

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85072204138&doi=10.1163%2f15718182-02703003&partnerID=40&md5=4b1808eb817d8951d8da85763fb44eac
DOI: 10.1163/15718182-02703003
ISSN: 09275568
Original Language: English