CCR Concerns: Human Trafficking in Canada
Summary
This is the CCR submission to the 2018 House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights for their study on human trafficking in Canada.
Report context
Migrant workers
The CCR calls on Canada to care about caregivers
The Canadian Council for Refugees calls on Canada to care about caregivers
This International Women’s Day, the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) calls on the federal government to change its policies to respect the rights and contributions of the many women who come to this country as caregivers.
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Human Trafficking and the Law: How to Protect Trafficked Persons
Since 2003, the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) has provided leadership and support at a national level for NGOs concerned about trafficked non-citizens, including women, girls, as well as other vulnerable communities in Canada. CCR’s main anti-trafficking activities include creating and maintaining a national network, hosting regular national meetings, developing policy analysis and practical tools for service providers, and engaging with the government about access to protection for trafficked persons.
In the course of its work, the CCR has identified challenges in access to justice for trafficked and potentially trafficked persons. The intention of this guide is to increase the capacity of lawyers to identify and respond to the needs of trafficked or potentially trafficked persons.
The information in this guide will help legal practitioners, especially immigration and refugee lawyers to:
- Recognize the signs of human trafficking
- Understand the provisions against human trafficking in Canadian law and the various legal remedies
- for supporting trafficking survivors
- Understand best practices for respecting professional ethics
Also see these at-a-glance companion resources:
Issues
How Temporary Were Canada’s Temporary Foreign Workers?
Campaign
Temporary workers
Source
Statistics Canada
Accommodations for the forum
Forum delegates may want to stay at the Four Points Sheraton suites in St. Catharines, which is about a 15 minute walk from the forum location. Suites at the hotel have two double beds, a living room with pull-out sofa bed and kitchenette, and are available to forum participants at the negotiated rate of $129/night + tax until November 18. After this date prices are as quoted on the hotel website
You can reserve a suite by phone or online
Niagara Forum on Migrant Worker Issues
Date
Deadline extended! Register online by Sunday 26 November. Register online, as spaces are limited!
For information on accommodations: ccrweb.ca/en/accommodations-forum
Host (organizer of event)
Canadian Council for Refugees
Time
9h à 17h
CCR-or-not
Regional Forum on Migrant Worker Issues, June 2017
This link includes both the highlights summary and the full report from the June 2017 Forum on migrant worker issues.
Issues
Regional Forum on Migrant Worker Issues
Date
This full-day meeting will offer an opportunity for participants from a variety of sectors such as settlement, human rights, labour and grassroots migrant justice organizing to gather together with migrant workers and share information and strategies on providing support to and advocating for the rights of migrant workers.
The meeting takes place directly after the CCR Spring Consultation, June 1-3, at MacEwan University in Edmonton.
Host (organizer of event)
Canadian Council for Refugees and Migrante Alberta
Time
9h à 16h
CCR-or-not
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