Immigration security checks now precede and can block asylum hearings in Canada

Evidence

An important change introduced into the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act mandates security checks before asylum processes even begin, a front-end screening that has deeply concerned refugee advocates. Those marked as security risks now become ineligible for a refugee hearing and are immediately deported. — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 81

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s work on how procedures shape access to rights, echoing the FOIA exemption procedural-turn material.