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A Comparison of Canadian and U.S. Refugee Policies

Comparison of canada and u.s. refugee policy

Despite their shared historical and cultural roots, both countries’ refugee policies prioritize ideological goals that devalue immigration rather than applicants’ well-being.

The aim of this presentation is to highlight the differences between Canada and the United States in refugee mental health and legal issues, despite their shared historical and cultural roots, and to examine how these differences affect the lives of refugee applicants. Medical and official documents concerning refugee mental health and legal issues were reviewed, compared, and contrasted in light of the current political and economic contexts in the two countries. The findings indicate that, until the Conservative government’s electoral defeat in October 2015, Canada focused on expediting refugee applications while reducing spending on refugee mental health services; the current Liberal government under Carney has reinstated some of these priorities in a more moderate form. The United States, meanwhile, has generally focused on halting the flow of immigrants, including refugees, and on determining how to address the situation of millions of foreign nationals living within its borders. These trends have culminated in recent efforts by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to forcibly detain and deport immigrants whose status is disputed, at times with tragic consequences. The presentation concludes that, albeit for different reasons, refugee policies in both countries are shaped by ideological goals based on the assumption that asylum seekers secure a better life at the expense of citizens.

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