09/02/2026
CCR joins over 250 labour, civil liberties, faith, climate, migrant, refugee, human rights and community organizations across Canada to stand with international students from Portage College and defend migrants’ right to protest without fear.
What happened in Calgary matters to all of us. Migrants and refugees are our co-workers, neighbours, students and teachers, congregation members, union members, organizers and activists. They must be able to exercise their rights to peaceful assembly, and protest without putting their future in Canada at risk. We are better Together! Read the open letter here: https://migrantrights.ca/RightToProtest/
"Migrants and refugees in Canada already live the uncertainty of temporary or precarious status. They must be able to organize, protest and defend their rights without fear of putting their ability to remain here on the line. Immigration enforcement must not follow people into spaces where they are peacefully organizing for their rights. This goes to the heart of what our democracy means. The Canadian government should fix the injustice that brought these students into the streets and make sure immigration enforcement never becomes the response to migrant organizing."
- Gauri Sreenivasan, Co-Executive Director, Canadian Council for Refugees
250+ organizations across Canada are standing with Portage students and defending migrants’ right to speak out, organize and protest. Migrants are part of our movements. We will not allow immigration enforcement to be used to frighten people out of speaking up for their rights. Sign the petition O...