Refugees Who Arrive by Boat and Canada’s Commitment to the Refugee Convention: A Discursive Analysis
This paper offers a comparative analysis of official discourse surrounding three incidents of asylum seekers arriving in Canada by boat: the Komagata Maru in 1914; the Sri Lankans who arrived in Newfoundland on lifeboats in 1986; and the Ocean Lady in 2009. The objective is to assess Canada’s commit...
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| Language: | English |
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York University Libraries
2011-04-01
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| Series: | Refuge |
| Online Access: | https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/32088 |