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Locating the Concept of Vulnerability in Canada’s Refugee Policies at Home and Abroad

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  • Melissa Mary Anderson

    (Graduate Program in Socio-Legal Studies, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada)

  • Dagmar Soennecken

    (School of Public Policy and Administration, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada)

Abstract

How is the concept of “vulnerability” employed in Canadian immigration law? This article presents findings from research conducted as part of the VULNER project (2019–23). We analyze how vulnerability is operationalized in Canada’s inland refugee (or asylum) determination procedures compared to its overseas resettlement program by first discussing some general principles, followed by an examination of the treatment of women and LGBTQI+ individuals seeking protection. We show that legal-bureaucratic logics have constructed two very heterogeneous worlds of vulnerability that may reproduce and exacerbate vulnerabilities rather than create a more inclusive, equitable protection regime in law, policy, and practice.

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  • Melissa Mary Anderson & Dagmar Soennecken, 2022. "Locating the Concept of Vulnerability in Canada’s Refugee Policies at Home and Abroad," Laws, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-25, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlawss:v:11:y:2022:i:2:p:25-:d:773918
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