Treatment of Aliens During World War Two

Before World War II to treat foreigners during the Second World War, many of the Germans, Italians, and Japanese were born in Australia. After the outbreak of the war, these people were thought to be a threat to national security and were called "enemy" aliens. Because of their nationality, they were taken away from their homes, arrested, imprisoned, and brought to the camp later. In 1939, on the first day of the war with Germany, Germans were accused of being spies.

The term "enemy alien" refers to a country that is in war with Canada, or a person related to that state. During World War I, this includes immigrants from Germany, the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, and during the Second World War people are from Japanese, German, Italian did. Inmates also confiscated their property, but most of them were not refunded at the end of the war. It is often necessary to engage in large-scale labor projects, including construction of parts of golf courses in Banff National Park, furthermore construction of roads, logging of shrubs, logging of trails, logging and mining operations Yes. Their wages are less than half of the daily wages of other workers.

According to "Measures to counter war", the detention of Ukrainian Canadians during World War I was caused by restrictions on foreigners from 1914 to 1920. "Foreigners of enemies" are citizens of the citizens who have legally lived in Canada during the war. More than 8,500 people are detained at 24 bases and camps throughout Canada. 3,138 people were considered captives and the other 5,441 people were citizens. Approximately 4,000 Ukrainian men, women and children were citizens of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire and were in war with Canada. Together with the camp people, 80,000 foreign enemies - most of them Ukrainians - carry identification cards and have to report regularly to local police.