Criminalization of Migration

Idil Atak is associate professor of criminology at Toronto Metropolitan University. James C. Simeon is associate professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration at York University.

"While much has been written on crimmigration in various jurisdictions, such literature in the Canadian context remains limited. This collection of essays is impressive and topical, and features a number of prominent scholars and advocates in the field who speak to some of the most recent developments in Canada." - Sasha Baglay, University of Ontario Institute of Technology "The Criminalization of Migration covers a broad range of issues, including the integration of criminal law into immigration control; the criminalization of targeted migrants and refugees in the dominant public discourse; the impact of crimmigration on refugees and other forced migrants; state responses to the migration "crises"; and proposals on migrant assistance and protection. For students of comparative migration studies … the book is particularly useful because it features contextual, in-depth comparative analyses of state responses to the recent "migration crisis" in Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and the United States." - Choice "Horner makes some interesting parallels to the way that the Irish refugees were treated in the nineteenth century and the way refugees are treated today. In the three major port cities of the Atlantic of his study he shows how authorities attempted to use laws to criminalise the Irish refugees who had entered their jurisdictions, or even attempted to stop them from arriving. Horner's chapter is an excellent illustration of the importance of historical precedent to challenges faced today when it comes to the treatment of refugees." - British Journal of Canadian Studies