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Int. Migration & Integration (2017) 18:391404 DOI 10.1007/s12134-016-0496-7
Yann Joly1 & Shahad Salman1 & Ida Ngueng Feze1 &
Palmira Granados Moreno1 & Michle Stanton-Jean2 &
Jacqueline Lacey3 & Micheline Labelle4 & Janet Dench5 &
Edward S. Dove6 & Idil Atak7 & Coline Bellefleur8 &
Torsten Heinemann9,10 & Hugues Langlais11 & Roger Love12
Published online: 7 May 2016# The Author(s) 2016. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com
Abstract Countries have adopted different laws, policies, and practices that allow immigration officers to request in certain cases DNA tests to confirm biological relationships in the context of family reunification. In Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada has adopted a policy of suggesting DNA testing only as a last
* Palmira Granados Moreno [email protected]
1 Centre of Genomics and Policy, Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, 740 Docteur
Penfield, Room 5101, Montral, Qubec H3A 0G1, Canada
2 Centre de Recherche en Droit Public, Universit de Montral, Pavillon Maximilien-Caron, 3101 chemin de la Tour. Bureau A-8418, Montral, Qubec H3T 1J7, Canada
3 Cabinet Me. Jacqueline L. Lacey, Avocats 83 Saint-Paul West, Montral, Qubec H2Y 1Z1, Canada
4 Sociology Department, Universit du Qubec Montral, C.P. 8888, succ. Centre Ville, Montral, Qubec H3C 3P8, Canada
5 Canadian Council for Refugees, 6839 Drolet #301, Montral, Qubec H2S 2T1, Canada
6 School of Law, University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL, UK
7 Ryerson University and Chaire de Recherche en immigration, ethnicit et citoyennet, 350 Victoria Street, Office JOR 828, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3, Canada
8 Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association, Cabinet TBPK s.e.n.c.r.l Montral Qubec, 505 Boulevard Ren Lvesque, Bureau 1250, Montral, Qubec H2Z 1Y7, Canada
9 Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, University of California, Berkeley, 2420 Bowditch Street # 5670, 94720-5670 Berkeley, California, USA
10 Institute of Sociology, Universitt Hamburg, Allende-Platz 1, Hamburg 20146, Germany
11 Cabinet Me. Hugues Langlais, avocats Montral Qubec, 1470 Rue Peel, Montral, Qubec H3A 1T1, Canada
12 Policy and Research, African Canadian Legal Clinic, 250 Dundas Street West, Suite 402, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2Z5, Canada
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