Canada and the UN Global Compact on Refugees: A Case Study of Influence in the Global Refugee Regime

Milner, James

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“…Canada has a long history of engagement with the global refugee regime and has been recognized globally for its efforts to accept and resettle refugees who do not easily fit in the definition of the 1951 Convention including refugee women and girls (Daivergne et al 2006;UNHCR 2018a;Milner 2021). This section will examine three areas of Canada's engagement with humanitarian assistance, the global refugee regime, and policy related to the protection of refugee women and girls.…”

Section: Canada's Role In the Global Refugee Regimementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Canada's feminist approach to humanitarianism as seen with FIAP also carries over into how the global refugee regime is engaged with. For example, the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) was affirmed by the UN General Assembly in 2018 and was largely supported by the efforts of humanitarian organizations and policy makers in Canada (Milner 2021). In line with Canada's own commitments through FIAP, the GCR pays special attention to the inclusion and participation of refugees in global policy making, and also to including special considerations of the unique needs of refugee women and girls.…”

Section: The Global Compact and Gender Programmingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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From Vulnerability to Empowerment: Critical Reflections on Canada’s Engagement with Refugee Policy

Klassen

2022

Laws

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The making and implementation of global policy are prominent areas of activity for the global refugee regime, with a specific focus on policy relating to the categories of vulnerable refugees. Recent collective efforts globally have highlighted the importance of meaningfully including refugees themselves; and a discursive shift away from the language of vulnerability towards that of empowerment in policy making, and humanitarian assistance. Despite this, efforts to implement these commitments have largely been unsuccessful, raising questions about how refugees are engaged in these processes, and in what ways the label of vulnerable continues to influence the making and implementation of global refugee policy. Using the case of Canada’s engagement with the global refugee regime, and with refugee women in particular, this article argues that the continued framing of refugee women as vulnerable has impeded progress, and that for transformative policy to be realized, refugee women must be seen as actors with capacity to participate, and must be included in all processes of policy making, implementation and evaluation. A feminist geopolitical framework is presented as a way to decenter states and institutions in favor of centering the individual embodied experiences of refugee women in global refugee policy making. By doing so, empowerment can be realized in policy and practice.

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Section: Canada's Role In the Global Refugee Regimementioning

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Section: The Global Compact and Gender Programmingmentioning

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From Vulnerability to Empowerment: Critical Reflections on Canada’s Engagement with Refugee Policy

Klassen

2022

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“…Besides Canada's exceptional position in terms of public support for immigration, Canada's global leadership on the matter of immigration has also been discernible in the process of drafting and securing the Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration, which were agreed to by the UN General Assembly in December 2018 (Milner 2020;IOM 2021). Canada provided leadership on the process of drafting the compacts and demonstrated commitment to the global refugee regime through financial contribution to the UNHCR, diplomatic guidance, and active refugee resettlement.…”

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Supporting Canada’s COVID-19 resilience and recovery through robust immigration policy and programs

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McRae²,

Alboim

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Canada has been seen globally as a leader in immigration and integration policies and programs and as an attractive and welcoming country for immigrants, refugees, temporary foreign workers, and international students. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed some of the strengths of Canada’s immigration system, as well as some of the fault lines that have been developing over the last few years. In this article we provide an overview of Canada’s immigration system prior to the pandemic, discuss the system’s weaknesses and vulnerabilities revealed by the pandemic, and explore a post-COVID-19 immigration vision. Over the next three years, the Government of Canada intends to bring over 1.2 million new permanent residents to Canada. In addition, Canada will continue to accept many international students, refugee claimants, and temporary foreign workers for temporary residence here. The importance of immigration for Canada will continue to grow and be an integral component of the country’s post-COVID-19 recovery. To succeed, it is essential to take stock, to re-evaluate Canada’s immigration and integration policies and programs, and to expand Canada’s global leadership in this area. The authors offer insights and over 80 recommendations to reinvigorate and optimize Canada’s immigration program over the next decade and beyond.

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“…One contributing factor to Canadian exceptionalism is the highly regulated refugee resettlement policy (Hiebert, 2016; Milner, 2021). The number of asylum seekers from Asia, Africa and the Middle East remains relatively stable and small in Canada partly due to the country's geographic isolation.…”

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Changes in selection policy and refugee welfare use in Canada

Kaida

Stick

Hou

2021

International Migration

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INTRODUC TI ONGovernments in the Global North are performing a balancing act-responding to international pressure to resettle refugees while maintaining public support amid rising anti-refugee sentiments (Fratzke et al., 2019;Hansen & Randeria, 2016). One of the most contentious and persistently politicized issues is the provision of social assistance (SA) to refugees who have not attained economic independence after their initial period of financial support ends. Critics argue generous SA can discourage refugees' timely economic independence through employment

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Canada and the UN Global Compact on Refugees: A Case Study of Influence in the Global Refugee Regime

Cited by 7 publications

References 10 publications

From Vulnerability to Empowerment: Critical Reflections on Canada’s Engagement with Refugee Policy

From Vulnerability to Empowerment: Critical Reflections on Canada’s Engagement with Refugee Policy

Supporting Canada’s COVID-19 resilience and recovery through robust immigration policy and programs

Changes in selection policy and refugee welfare use in Canada

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