A Detention Review Is Only Useful When Release Is a Real Option
Immigration detention hearings follow a statutory timetable, but their substance depends on access to documents, interpreters and realistic alternatives to keeping a person in custody.
Controlled · Immigration Detention
Canadian coverage, focused on immigration detention, with verified short holdings, original analysis and links to the underlying sources. A publication date isn't the same as a decision date. The dates below identify which is shown.
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Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v. Chhina, 2019 SCC 29
The Supreme Court held that the immigration detention review system wasn't as broad and advantageous as habeas corpus for Chhina's specific challenge to prolonged detention and its conditions. His application had to be heard.
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