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Take Action During Dalit History Month and Beyond

April is Dalit History Month. In Canada, the celebration of Dalit History Month provides an opportunity to amplify the experiences...

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Immigration Detention: STOP jailing people for seeking safety or a better life in Canada

Canada incarcerates thousands of people on administrative immigration-related grounds every year, including people who are fleeing persecution, those seeking employment...

#WelcomeToCanada: Act Now to stop the federal government from using prisons for immigration detention 

We need to act now to stop the federal government from doubling down on its harmful immigration detention system. Through...

Afghan refugees walk at a registration centre, upon their arrival from Pakistan in Takhta Pul district of Kandahar province on December 18, 2023. Photo by SANAULLAH SEIAM/AFP via Getty Images.

Pakistan: Government must stop ignoring global calls to halt unlawful deportation of Afghan refugees

Reacting to the announcement by the newly elected Government of Pakistan to expand and expedite its plans to unlawfully deport...

A list of Canadian provinces that have announced they will stop holding holding in their jails migrants arrested by the Canada Border Services Agency on immigration-only grounds.

Canada: All 10 provinces to end immigration detention in jails

Newfoundland and Labrador is the latest of Canada's provinces to announce it will stop holding migrants detained on immigration-only grounds....
NANGARHAR, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 06: Crowds continue to gather at Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossings following the Pakistani government's decision to send back irregular Afghan migrants, at Torkham border crossing in Nangarhar, Afghanistan on November 06, 2023. (Photo by Hussain Ali/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Pakistan: Stop the Deportation of Afghan Refugees

Since November 1, 2023, at least 300,000 Afghan refugees in Pakistan have been deported to Afghanistan. Others have been subjected...

#WelcomeToCanada Amnesty Gathering: Lobbying to end immigration detention 

On January 25, 2024, at 7:30 ET, join us for a discussion on the #WelcomeToCanada campaign to end immigration detention....

Belgian reception crisis - 2 people in makeshift tent in Brussels, Belgium.

Belgium: Asylum seekers refused shelter

In Belgium, at least 2,600 people seeking asylum are destitute due to the Belgian government’s failure to provide them with...

December 17, 2019: construction workers at the stands of Qatar's new al-Bayt Stadium in the capital Doha, which will host matches of the FIFA football World Cup 2022. Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images

Inaction by Qatar and FIFA a year on from the World Cup puts legacy for workers in peril

Qatar’s continuing failure to remedy abuses faced by migrant workers and adequately protect them from labour exploitation is tainting the...

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Peru: Refugees at risk of mass expulsions

Venezuelan nationals in Peru can no longer apply for temporary protection, which allowed refugees to have a regular migratory status....

Two hands hold up a sign that reads, "Abolish Immigration Detention in Provincial Jails Now."

Quebec, New Brunswick to end immigration detention in provincial jails

Amnesty International Canada applauds Quebec and New Brunswick for cancelling their immigration detention contracts with the CBSA....
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