Parliament Hill: Children and Rights Program

parliament hill: It found the best interests of the children were not adequately accounted for at the time of the arrest and detention of the mothers, and that the fundamental rights of the children were violated, according to CBC. The report calls on the government to find better alternatives, including community housing, and warns that Canada's international reputation is at stake. The study, called Invisible Citizens Canadian Children in Immigration Detention, was produced by the International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto's faculty of law and released today during a news conference on Parliament Hill. Immigration centres set for 138M makeover Human chain supports immigration detainees If Canadian authorities do not move quickly to address the serious human rights violations of some of the most vulnerable members of our society, and entrench the initial progress of the past year into law and practice, Canada's government will further undermine its reputation as a human rights defender, the report reads. These are good signs, but the federal government must move urgently to implement viable alternatives to detention and family separation, he said. Program director Samer Muscati welcomed the government's recent commitment to reform the detention regime, but called for fast action on the plan and for more public data to be released. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.