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27 Int'l J. Child. Rts. 562 (2019)
Canada's Detention of Children in Immigration Holding Centres: Human Rights Violation, Threat to Health and Reflection of Canada's Problematic Political Economy

handle is hein.journals/intjchrb27 and id is 562 raw text is: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHILDREN'S RIGHTS BRILL 27 (2019) 562-579 NIJHOFF brill.com/chil Canada's Detention of Children in Immigration Holding Centres Human Rights Violation, Threat to Health and Reflection of Canada's Problematic Political Economy Tyler Dickens Ward MA Health Policy and Equity, York University, Toronto, Canada tdickensward@gmail.com Dennis Raphael Professor, School of Health Policy & Management, York University, Toronto, Canada draphael@yorku.ca Abstract Between 2015-2016, 201 children were held in detention in the Toronto Immigration Holding Centre (Canada Border Services Agency, 2017). There may have been even more held across Canada, but these figures are unavailable. Child detention is illegal under international law and causes serious mental, physical, and emotional health complications. In this article we discuss Canada's detention of children drawing upon scholarship in the areas of (a) human rights and the law; (b) children's health and health equity; and (c) the political economy of the welfare state. The paper provides alternatives to Canadian practices by describing child detention best practices. Keywords Canada - immigrant children - human rights - health equity - political economy I Introduction From 2015 to 2016, 201 children were held in detention in the Toronto Immigra- tion Holding Centre (Canada Border Services Agency, 2017). An average of 48 © KONINKLIJKE BRILL NV, LEIDEN, 2019 DOI:10.1163/15718182-02703003

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