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REUNITE: Families for Families in Detention


February 16, 2015


Canadian Immigration policy divides families. Only 5,000 parents or grandparents are admissible under family sponsorship, and their families must meet a minimum income bracket which is extremely high. Migrant workers come here to work, but cannot bring their families with them, even those that come to take care of children here in Canada. Parents held in indefinite detention are given the impossible choice of either giving their children up to social services or keeping them in detention. Federal immigration's limited definition of what a family is means that many of us can never unite with those we love and call family. Families are torn apart by by indefinite detention and deportation - often times families are not even given a chance to say goodbye before a deportation.

This Family Day weekend, join us outside Lindsay jail with your families and friends to demand an end to an immigration system that criminalizes refugees, imprisons immigrants, exploits migrant workers, punishes poor people of colour, tears families apart, and prevents communities from reuniting. Demand the immediate establishment of a non-discriminatory, non-punitive, full and comprehensive immigrant regularization system. Demand freedom for the wrongly jailed, and an end to indefinite, arbitrary detention, with a 90 day maximum holding period for immigrant detainees pending deportation. Demand an end to maximum security holds, and a fair judicial review process.

Bus leaves from Christie Pits Park at 2pm, and returns at 7pm

Time: 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Venue: The Central East Correctional Facility, Lindsay, Ontario
Location: Bus leaves from Christie Pits Park Toronto, ON
Website: http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org
For information contact: nooneisillegal@riseup.net
Categories: Human Rights, Law, Legal

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