Canada’s Bill C-12 an ‘attack on refugee, migrant rights’: Advocates
Rights groups say new law restricting asylum will put thousands ‘at risk of persecution, violence and precarity’.
![Migrant and refugee rights advocates rally in Montreal, Canada, on March 21, 2026 [Jillian Kestler-D'Amours/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/DSC_0269-1774631572.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Rights groups say new law restricting asylum will put thousands ‘at risk of persecution, violence and precarity’.
![Migrant and refugee rights advocates rally in Montreal, Canada, on March 21, 2026 [Jillian Kestler-D'Amours/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/DSC_0269-1774631572.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)








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