Law and Society Refugees Are (Not) Welcome Here: The Paradox of Protection in Canada, (Paperback)

<b>Analyzing the contradictions within Canada's refugee system.</b> <p> State-controlled refugee protection in Canada has gone through paradoxical developments in recent decades; while refugee rights have expanded, access to these rights has tightened. Previously unrecognized groups, such as women experiencing gender-based violence and 2SLGBTQ+ populations, are now considered legitimate refugees in refugee-law practices. Simultaneously, increasingly stringent administrative measures have made it harder for refugees to secure refugee status. </p><p><i>Refugees Are (Not) Welcome Here</i> draws on archival and media sources, interviews, and organizational data to examine how refugee claims are administered within a complex, contradictory regime that maintains its own legal and bureaucratic silos. Azar Masoumi explains why state-controlled refugee protection persists despite its many failures, not just in Canada but globally. This rigorous study deftly argues that the paradox inherent in refugee claim processing reflects a larger illogic: reliance on the exclusivist mechanisms of the nation-state to ensure the universality of rights. Ultimately, this book illuminates just how this paradox has turned refugee protection into an unfulfilled promise. <br></p>

• Law and Society Refugees Are (Not) Welcome Here: The Paradox of Protection in Canada, (Paperback)
• Author: University of British Columbia Press
• ISBN: 9780774868723
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-08-19
• Page Count: 228