Oppose the Safe Third Country Agreement and support the CCR’s legal challenge to the systematic return of refugees to the US through your donation!
Under the Trump administration, non-citizens are at risk of immigration detention in appalling conditions, and deportation to countries where they are at risk of torture and persecution. The US government is daily trampling on the most basic rights of refugees. Yet Canada continues to designate the US as a “safe third country” for refugees seeking protection at our border.
CCR and Amnesty International Canada, along with families who sought safety in Canada, are challenging in the courts Canada’s practice of returning refugee claimants to the US without regard to the risks they face of detention and deportation.
“Spending 15 days locked up in that detention centre was witnessing human dignity vanish behind bars. The hardest part wasn't the cold or the food; it was looking into our 6-year-old son's eyes and having no answers. A child shouldn't learn what a lock is before learning what freedom is. Every night in that centre, we silently begged his forgiveness for not being able to give him the refuge we had promised.” - a mother returned by Canada to detention in the US, along with her young son and husband. The family, who were deported by the US to the country they fled, are part of the legal challenge, alongside CCR and Amnesty International. Read their story!
CCR needs your support for our legal challenge – there is extensive evidence to present to the courts!
Donate to the CCR’s STCA fund to support CCR’s work to defend the rights of refugees who are not safe in the US! The funds will go toward the legal challenge and associated CCR work.