Refugee Law After 9/11: Sanctuary and Security in Canada and the United States

by Obiora Chinedu Okafor

It's generally assumed that the 9/11 terrorist attacks changed everything about the character of refugee law in the United States, as well as in neighboring Canada. But did they? If so, how do the responses of the two countries compare in terms of their negative impacts on refugee rights? Refugee Law after 9/11 undertakes a systematic examination of available legal, policy, and empirical evidence to reveal a great irony: refugee rights were...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774861460
• ISBN13: 9780774861465
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 362 Pages