Reposted by Refugee Law Lab
...and my a2aj.ca project released a working paper by @simonwallace.bsky.social and me about bulk access to Canadian legal data, the role of @canlii.bsky.social, & our new open-source alternative (a2aj.ca/canadian-legal-data)
Paper is here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
![Announcement with the following text:
The Refugee Law Lab at the Canada-US Border
The Refugee Law Lab is delighted to report that we have secured SSHRC Insight Grant funding to study the use of technology at the Canada-US Border. We will investigate border control technologies' human rights impacts, develop open-source AI tools for refugee advocacy, and maintain accessible legal datasets—empowering scholars, advocates, and migrants to challenge discriminatory practices at the Canada-US border.
[Logos: SSHRC, Refugee Law Lab, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7v5ioahjpvxy2mojphfxxtij/bafkreidfpvkmwghywtnpc5v43dh5mtucgsbnfp43ljcdxq2dwsxvukl3mi)
![Image of a Globe and Mail editorial board article, with a F and an x in red ink
Title: The refugee crisis needs a new approach, not just more money
Excerpt:
[…] Unsurprisingly, the number of claims abandoned or withdrawn before being heard has surged in recent years, accounting for a larger proportion of a much bigger cohort. In 2015, only 5.5 per cent of cases were scrapped before the IRB could make a determination. So far in 2024, 21 per cent of cases have been abandoned or withdrawn by claimants.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7v5ioahjpvxy2mojphfxxtij/bafkreihgq6yzvnuc3ugjv4virmeiz5bhjldacik64rh4cnz7pi7zfukgfq)
