Introduction to Special Section on: Precarity, Illegality and Temporariness: Implications and Consequences of Canadian Migration Management
| Published date | 01 December 2018 |
| Date | 01 December 2018 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12523 |
Introduction to Special Section on: Precarity,
Illegality and Temporariness: Implications
and Consequences of Canadian Migration
Management
Amrita Hari* and Jamie Chai Yun Liew**
ABSTRACT
Canada’s current immigration, refugee, citizenship and temporary migration polices facilitate
the production and maintenance of multitude forms of temporariness. The designation of tempo-
rary and precarious status means limited rights, conditionality and increased risk of abuse and
exploitation. It also shapes persons’access to rights and services and their sense of belonging.
The special section includes four original articles that employ a range of qualitative methods to
delve into the issue of temporariness and its implications for migrants, Canadians, and the
future of migration management in Canada. The authors call for repeals, amendments and the
creation of innovative programmes that leads to pathways to permanent status. The contribu-
tions are intended to provide active, pointed, and practical recommendations that would eventu-
ally lead to an immigration programme that is efficient, secure, and complies with international
human rights standards while eliminating instances of abuse and exploitation.
CONTRIBUTIONS IN SPECIAL SECTION (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) WITH
AFFILIATION AND CORRESPONDENCE DETAILS:
“Safe Country of Origin: Constructing the Irregularity of Asylum Seekers in Canada”
https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12450
Idil Atak, Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, Ryerson University
Jorgenson Hall, 828, 355 Victoria St. Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3
416-979-5000 Ext. 3255idil.atak@ryerson.ca
“Putting “Canadians First”: Problematizing the Crisis of “Foreign”Workers in Canadian
Media and Policy Responses.”https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12453
Amrita Hari (Corresponding Author), Associate Professor, Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and
Gender Studies, 1408 Dunton Tower, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON,
K1S 5B6
+1613 520 2600 x 2904
amrita.hari@carleton.ca
“Living with Compromised Legal Status: Irregular Temporary Foreign Workers in Alberta
and the Importance of Imagining, Strategizing, and Inter-Provincial Legal Consciousness.”
* Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
** University of Ottawa, ON
doi: 10.1111/imig.12523
©2018 The Authors
International Migration ©2018 IOM
International Migration Vol. 56 (6) 2018
ISSN 0020-7985Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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