Toronto Launch: The Criminalization of Migration

McLaughlin College, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON
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Join co-editor James Simeon for the launch The Criminalization of Migration: Context and Consequences at York University as part of the McLaughlin's Lunch Talks Series. The event will be held in the McLaughlin Senior Common Room (Rm 140 McLaughlin).

ABOUT THE BOOK

This edited collection examines "crimmigration" - the criminalization of migration - from national and comparative perspectives, drawing attention to the increasing use of criminal law measures, public policies, and practices that stigmatize or diminish the rights of forced migrants and refugees within a dominant public discourse that not only stereotypes and criminalizes but marginalizes forced migrants. Leading researchers, legal scholars, and practitioners provide in-depth analyses of theoretical concerns, legal and public policy dimensions, historic migration crises, and the current dynamics and future prospects of crimmigration. Idil Atak and James C. Simeon situate each chapter within the existing migration literature and outline a way forward for the decriminalization of migration through the vigorous promotion and advancement of human rights.

Idil Atak is associate professor of criminology at Ryerson University.

James C. Simeon is associate professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration at York University.