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Peter Showler. Refugee Sandwich: Stories of Exile and Asylum.

Publication: Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal
Publication Date: 22-MAR-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Peter Showler. Refugee Sandwich: Stories of Exile and Asylum. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006. 235 pp. $27.95 sc.

There has long been a striking discrepancy between the controversy that surrounds the treatment of asylum seekers in Canada--especially by the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), the independent, quasi-judicial body that hears claims for protection against persecution--and the paucity of works that add to our understanding of this policy area. Given his credentials, the author of Refugee Sandwich would appear to be very well-positioned to make an important contribution in this respect, and he does so in a most unexpected and marked way. Showier has worked as an immigration and refugee lawyer, been both a member of the IRB (1994-99) and its chairperson (1999-2002), and currently teaches immigration and refugee law at the...



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