The Japanese Canadians are they friends or foes? The Violation of human rights against Japanese Canadians during World War II was unimaginably horrible. Their properties and possessions were taken from them, they were persecuted because of their race, and they were victims.

Their properties and possessions were taken from them. The property of Japanese Canadians was seized during the Second World War. All the boats that belonged to the Japanese Canadian fishermen were impounded. "In 1941, 1200 Japanese Canadian fishing boats were impounded." The Canadian government did not want the Japanese Canadians to have transportation out of Canada in fear that they might be spies who wanted to report back to Japan. The impoundment of Japanese Canadian fishing boats among other things further proves that their properties were taken.

The Canadian government made promises that all property would be returned to the Japanese Canadians after the war was over but these promises were soon forgotten. The Canadian government told the Japanese

Canadians that they would take their houses "temporarily". "During the war, the government sold houses belonging to Japanese Ca

The Japanese Canadians were persecuted because of their race. The Japanese Canadians were persecuted because of their ethnic background. The evacuation of all Japanese Canadians "Persons of Japanese origin residing in Vancouver should terminate, not later than the 30th April, 1942, all leases or rental arrangement they may be working under." This meant that the people who were born in Canada but were descendants of the

The Japanese Canadians were evacuated from their homes, because of their race. The RCMP ordered all Japanese Canadians to leave their homes. "Each person was allowed to take two suitcases at the time of the evacuation." The Canadian government felt that the Japanese Canadians might cause trouble and help the Japanese government. The Japanese Canadians were evacuated from their homes because they were now the enemy. This proves that their properties and possessions were all taken away from them. This evacuation was a big human rights violation.

One of the biggest hardships of the Japanese Canadians was that they were put in concentration camps. They were not allowed to exit the camps and had to follow certain rules. "700 Japanese Canadians were put in concentration camps." The Japanese Canadians were forced to go into concentration and dete

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