Time for British Columbia to Cancel Immigration Detention Contracts

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image © Shivangi Sikri/Centre for Gender & Sexual Health Equity Human rights organizations and advocates across the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) are launching a 14-Days-of-Action campaign to urge the provincial government to cancel its immigration detention contract with the Canada Border Services Agency. The campaign kicks off on May 4 and will culminate in a precedent-setting Vancouver City Council vote on May 18. The push amplifies the national #WelcomeToCanada campaign launched by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International in October 2021, which calls…

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