A report calling on the federal government to step up efforts to protect immigrants, including refugees, from foreign intimidation has been backed by nine groups from different diaspora communities in Canada.
The report by Secure Canada and the Human Rights Action Group suggests the Canadian government has failed to meet its legal obligations to protect newcomers facing threats from authoritarian governments abroad, saying: “Canada is legally obligated to protect people within its borders against certain human rights violations arising from incidents of transnational repression and there are legal frameworks and mechanisms available to Canada at the international and domestic levels to combat such incidents. Despite this, the Canadian government has yet to sufficiently respond.”