Bordering on Legality: Canadian Church Sanctuary and the Rule of Law

 This paper examines church sanctuary incidents in Canada involving unsuccessful refugee claimants seeking to avoid deportation.The author contends that when faith-based communities develop formal screening mechanisms to determine who among the many that request it is accorded sanctuary, they appl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sean Rehaag
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: York University Libraries 2010-10-01
Series:Refuge
Online Access:https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/30605