[news] The Apartheid System of Migration in Canada

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Colonialism, Capitalism and the Making of the Apartheid System of Migration in Canada

by Harsha Walia; March 04, 2006 - Znet

Attention to national borders has figured prominently in the post-9-11 world and many have argued that 9/11 has created a new fortified world. The events of 9/11 certainly has reconfigured, but has not created, Canadian border policies, which has historically been distrustful of racialized migrants. A comprehensive history and analysis of Canadian immigration processes unearths how the quest for “security”- of borders, of the nation, and of those deemed Canadian- has been a prominent feature of immigration enforcement for the past century.

URL: http://mostlywater.org/node/4235