Canadian gov plans 'new asylum rules to allow for faster deportations', while data from on the RefugeeLawLab portal shows an 80% refugee recognition rate in 2023 (before appeals, judicial reviews, PRRAs, H&Cs, etc).

Who are they planning to deport?

The RefugeeLawLab has released our 2023 annual stats about IRB Canada & Federal Court refugee decision-making, showing dramatic variance in outcomes across decision-makers at all levels of the process

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And

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Spring in Toronto...

Looking forward to this event tomorrow, co-hosted by Mozilla, RefugeeLawLab & Migration and Technology Monitor

Everyone welcome.

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As a @mcgillU / McGill Faculty of Law | Faculté de droit alumni & former RA, I am disappointed by this decision

In my view, as someone involved in research admin, it violates SSHRC policies

But beyond that, it's just unnecessarily cruel to students who rely on RA income

Latest from RefugeeLawLab Associate Director Petra Molnar:

'Nothing about us without us': People on the move interrogate border tech with Migration and Technology Monitor

openglobalrights.org/people-on-move…

SORRY, THAT'S [CLASSIFIED]

Story out of University of Waterloo about CS & Software Engineering students, including Areena Akhter, Kate Granstrom & Benn McGregor, collaborating with my RefugeeLawLab on automated redaction of refugee decisions

uwaterloo.ca/math/news/math…

Interested in the intersection of migration and technology?

Check out this special edition of the Summer Course on Forced Migration hosted by Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS) & RefugeeLawLab in Toronto / online (June 3-7):

yorku.ca/crs/programs/s…

Félicitations Julie Lassonde!

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I don't have a problem with York University management emails to faculty setting out their bargaining positions

But management is not 'the University'

Communications should be from specific individuals who take responsibility for their content

Instead of trying to solve a political problem by imposing a visa requirement that will prevent refugees from traveling to obtain protection, Canada should encourage Mexico to respect human rights

Data: irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/statistics/…

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Enjoyed the PWHL game last night -- even if Montreal lost...

Lovely news on a Monday morning:

My former Osgoode Hall Law School of York University doctoral student (and co-author) Angus Grant has been appointed to the Federal Court

canada.ca/en/department-…

Congrats Justice Grant!