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End the Safe Third Country Agreement

 

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Send a message to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship calling for the SCTA to be rescinded. You will be able to view and edit your message before it is sent. 
 

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The Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) between Canada and the United States puts refugees at risk. Under the STCA, many refugees are forcibly returned to the US, where they are at risk of arbitrary detention and potential return to their countries of origin, where they may face persecution and death.

Amnesty International, the Canadian Council for Refugees, and the Canadian Council of Churches challenged the Safe Third Country Agreement in the courts on the basis that it violates refugees’ rights to equality, and life, liberty and security of the person under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Although the Supreme Court of Canada failed to decisively rule that the STCA violates refugees’ rights, it directed the court to consider our equality challenge, leaving open the possibility that STCA could be declared unconstitutional. 

In the meantime, we know refugees will be exposed to further rights violations while awaiting yet another court decision. 

TAKE ACTION NOW: Call on Minister Miller to respect refugee rights by rescinding the Safe Third Country Agreement.

Read More

Supreme Court decision ultimately fails refugees (amnesty.ca) 

Canada: Expanding Safe Third Country Agreement a shameful response to Roxham Road crossings (Amnesty Canada)

Statement on the expansion of the Safe Third Country Agreement | Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR)

Want to know more about the STCA and why the US is not a safe country for all refugees?

Read a Backgrounder from the Canadian Council for Refugees and a joint Amnesty International and Canadian Council for Refugees brief.  

 
 
 
 

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