![]() ![]() "But their invisibility is no coincidence. "Spaces of incarceration are both nowhere and everywhere, blended into our landscapes," she writes. ![]() ![]() One of these holding centres is the CBSA Vancouver Immigration Holding Centre, in the basement of the Vancouver International airport, where Lucia Jimenez committed suicide in December.Ĭhak's illustrations reveal the underbelly of facilities intentionally hidden away. ![]() "Canada has three designated immigration 'holding' centres located in Toronto, Laval and Vancouver," writes Tings Chak in Undocumented: The Architecture of Migrant Detention, a graphic novel, "but more than one third of detainees are held in rented beds in provincial prisons." Like failing to pay a parking permit or filing taxes on time, these migrants are only accused of an "administrative offense." But unlike those other offenses, these are some of the only ones which lead to detention. They're deemed flight risks and detained for overstaying their visas or permits, or for having their permanent or refugee status revoked. Pending deportation, the Canadian governments puts migrants in immigration hold, separating them from their families, making adequate legal counsel inaccessible and subjecting them to constant lockdowns. Immigration detention is Canada's fastest growing form of incarceration. ![]()
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