The Immigration Detention Review Process and Alternatives to Detention – Recent Reforms, Policy Changes, and Criticism

• Location/Format:  Live Webinar CPD CCIC Approval in Process (2.5 Hours)
• Presented By: Ms. Zdenka ACIN, RCIC- IRB (Class L3 - Unrestricted Practice)
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Event Objectives:

The primary aim of this course is to dissect the immigration detention review process and alternatives to detention in the light of recent reforms, policy change, and criticism of detention - which includes, but not limited to: initiatives urging Canadian government to abandon its plan to expand immigration detention into federal prisons. The focus will be also on the crucial role of the two independent governmental institutions: the Canada Border Services (CBSA), and the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) – precisely, the Immigration Division (ID) of the IRB in this process. It should be noted that, in order to protect the integrity of immigration system and ensure public safety - if the CBSA officers have reasonable grounds to believe that the person concerned (PC) is at flight risk (unlikely to appear for an immigration examination, admissibility hearing, or removal), or the PC is inadmissible, or poses a danger to the public on the grounds of security, human and international rights violation, and serious criminality, or if identity of a temporary resident cannot be established, the CBSA has authority under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) to arrest and detain foreign nationals, who are temporary residents and permanent residents of Canada. Conversely, the ID of the IRB is empowered by the IRPA to review reasons for detention and determine whether the PC should continue to be detained or released and remain in Canada under certain conditions. Along with this, in our focus will be the frequency of detention reviews; the timeline for submission of documentary evidence; the rights of detainees under the Vienna Convention; detention of minor children; mandatory arrest and detention of designated foreign nationals (DFN), who are designated by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness as irregular arrivals as well as the timeline for their detention review by the member of the ID. Consequently, an overview of important court decisions (case laws) pertaining to detention review will be provided as well as the reasoning why detention has to be aligned with section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

This seminar is prepared and presented for RCIC & RISIA

·         Live Format: Registrants will have an opportunity to interact with the educator and other registrants in real time dur8ing the live presentation. Please attend and access the course on the date and time mentioned in live webinar registration instructions.  Registrant is responsible to read regulator's regulations for reporting and expiration policy. 

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