Immigration and Refugee Law: Cases, Materials, and Commentary, 3rd Edition explores the current state of Canada’s evolving immigration system, surveyed in historic, social, and comparative contexts. Authored by Canada’s leading scholars in the field, this casebook equips readers with the key building blocks of immigration, refugee, and citizenship law. Each chapter presents a multi-faceted approach to the subject, including insightful commentary on race, gender, and class.

The third edition includes substantial updates to reflect developments in case law as well as legislative and policy reforms implemented over the past five years.

• New content on the significant policy changes to Canada’s immigration detention regime
• Revised Theoretical Perspectives chapter that connects theory to policy applications and political contexts
• New excerpts from academic commentary included in each chapter
• Revised Administrative Review chapter that incorporates the implications of the Supreme Court of Canada’s recent Vavilov decision
• Analysis of both the prospects and perils of new Charter jurisprudence in immigration and citizenship matters
• Expanded sections on Express Entry and Quebec immigration programs in Economic Class chapter
• New content about the Refugee Appeal Division, the pre-removal risk assessment procedure, and the legal challenges to the Safe Third Country Agreement
• Material on the new regime for citizenship revocation

1. Introduction to the Contemporary Context of Canadian Immigration Law  
2. Theoretical Perspectives on Migration
3. Administrative Review
4. Constitutional and International Parameters
5. Entry and Border Control
6. Inadmissibility
7. The Removal Process
8. Economic Class 
9. Family Class 
10. Refugee Protection in Canada
11. Citizenship

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Contemporary Context of Canadian Immigration Law