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Criminalising Migrant Smuggling in Canada

Authors: Jimenez, Estibaliz;

Criminalising Migrant Smuggling in Canada

Abstract

La migración irregular es percibida por la comunidad internacional como una cuestión de seguridad. La criminalización de la inmigración se vuelve, entonces, una herramienta de control migratorio y de seguridad de las fronteras. En el transcurso de los últimos años, Canadá ha adoptado un enfoque punitivo y un mayor recurso a la criminalización de la inmigración irregular, con penas que pueden llegar, incluso, a la encarcelación de por vida. Paradójicamente, a pesar de un fortalecimiento normativo, que incluye la adopción de penas mínimas obligatorias, así como la aumentación de las penas máximas, los tribunales canadienses imponen a los inmigrantes ilegales, penas de encarcelación de corta duración y, generalmente, penas de encarcelación con posibilidad de purgar en la comunidad. El presente artículo presenta los resultados de análisis legislativos y jurisprudenciales relativos al trafico de migrantes en Canadá. Los resultados demuestran que las sanciones impuestas por los tribunales no son proporcionales a los discursos alarmistas políticos y mediáticos con respecto a la amenaza que representa la organización de la entrada ilegal.

La migration irrégulière est perçue par la communauté internationale comme un enjeu sécuritaire. La criminalisation de l’immigration devient alors un outil de contrôle migratoire et de sécurisation des frontières. Au cours des dernières années, le Canada a adopté une approche punitive et un recours plus important à la criminalisation de l’immigration irrégulière, avec des peines pouvant atteindre l’emprisonnement à vie. Paradoxalement, malgré un renforcement normatif, dont l’adoption de peines minimales obligatoires et l’augmentation des peines maximales, les tribunaux canadiens imposent aux passeurs des peines d’emprisonnement de courte durée et généralement des peines d’emprisonnement avec sursis à purger dans la collectivité. Le présent article présente les résultats des analyses législatives et jurisprudentielles relatives au trafic de migrants au Canada. Les résultats démontrent que les peines octroyées par les tribunaux ne sont pas proportionnelles aux discours politiques et médiatiques alarmistes à l’égard de la menace que représente l’organisation de l’entrée illégale.

Irregular migration is seen by the international community as a security issue and the criminalization of immigration has become a tool for migration control and border security. In recent years, Canada has taken a punitive approach toward irregular immigration and increasingly relies on criminalization to deal with it, adopting more severe penalties, including life imprisonment. Paradoxically, despite tougher legislation that includes mandatory minimum sentences and increased maximum sentences, Canadian courts tend to give migrant smugglers short-term prison sentences or conditional sentences that are served in the community. This paper presents the results of a legal analysis relating to the smuggling of migrants in Canada. The results show that sentences given by the courts are not proportional to the political discourse and alarmist messages in the media regarding the threat posed by the smuggling of migrants.

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legal analysis, Trafico de migrantes, análisis jurisprudencial, Smuggling in migrants, criminalisation, seguridad de las fronteras, border securitization, Trafic de migrants, sécurisation des frontières, criminalization, analyse jurisprudentielle, criminalización

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