International solidarity to end immigration dentention

Kronick, R.; Rousseau, C.; Cleveland, J. (2017)
The Lancet
389(100068) | p. 501-502
Organisations such as the Canadian Paediatric Society, Canadian Psychiatric Association, and the College of Family Physicians of Canada are urging the government to protect children and families from the severe and lasting effects of immigration detention and family separation.
In particular, children have extremely negative reactions to even brief periods of confinement, and such early traumatic experiences can cause lasting psychological problems. In Canada, immigration detainees experience grave human rights violations since they are deprived of basic legal protections guaranteed under international law.