Tag: CBSA
over 1 year ago
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‘An incredible victory’: Ontario to stop using jails for immigration detention

The province’s decision effectively ends the controversial practice across the country.

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over 1 year ago
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Police announce bust of massive international labour trafficking ring in GTA

Canadian authorities have rescued 64 Mexican workers from “deplorable living and working conditions” across Greater T...

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about 2 years ago
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Detained at Pearson airport: Man to get hearing into human-rights complaint over CBSA

Border agents flagged this Newmarket man for secondary inspection at Pearson Airport on suspicion of smuggling narcot...

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about 2 years ago
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Nova Scotia joins B.C. in refusing to hold immigration detainees in provincial jails

Premier Tim Houston’s government has given Ottawa notice to cancel its immigration detention agreement with the Canad...

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about 2 years ago
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Did Canada use facial-recognition software to strip two refugees of their status? A court wants b...

Two Somali women won in court after they were stripped of refugee status based on photo-matching technology used by b...

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over 2 years ago
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Why these empty chairs at AIDS 2022 have Canada under fire

As Canada hosted the world’s largest conference on HIV/AIDS, researchers from the Global South found it very hard to ...

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over 2 years ago
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After 25 years in Canada, man to be spared deportation — and offered path for permanent residence

Mohammad Alam, a failed refugee from Bangladesh, has worked hard to support his family back home while his removal sa...

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over 2 years ago
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After 25 years in Canada, this Toronto man is being deported to Bangladesh this week — and separa...

This failed refugee claimant has worked hard to build a life in Canada so he could give his family in Bangladesh a be...

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almost 3 years ago
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One province is taking a first step toward ending Canada’s immigrant-detention system

Incarcerating migrants with criminals is often handled by the provinces on Ottawa’s behalf. Now advocates who find th...

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almost 3 years ago
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Are these two photos of the same person? Canada’s controversy over asylum-seekers and ‘photo matc...

Comparing photos of Somali refugees with images of visitors to Canada, the CBSA is accusing some claimants of lying a...

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almost 3 years ago
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$10,000 or so and a dildo with a message for border agents: A Toronto man’s ‘civil disobedience’ ...

Ignac Nick Hozjan’s one-man crusade against the “tyranny” of the CBSA started with a dispute over airport exchange ra...

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about 3 years ago
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Families left in limbo. National security decisions left unmade. Is this Canadian system ‘designe...

More than 200 people who are barred from admission to Canada have asked the public safety minister for exemptions sin...

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about 3 years ago
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Chelsea Manning’s sentence was commuted in the U.S. Will Canada now let her in?

Observer says a lot is at stake whether a Canadian tribunal is going to uphold a decision by Canada Border Services A...

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about 3 years ago
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Deal with border agents ends traffic snarl-up, as Canada reopens to U.S.

The unions representing 9,000 border officers have reached an eleventh-hour deal with Ottawa to avoid further strike ...

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about 3 years ago
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Canada’s border agents are working to rule right now. Here’s the long list of questions you’ll fa...

If you already feel annoyed every time you return to Canada and are questioned at border entry, you should be prepare...

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over 3 years ago
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Border agents set to strike before Canada opens door to fully vaccinated travellers

Although only 2,600 officers can go on full strike because their posts are deemed non-essential for the safety and se...

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over 3 years ago
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Border agent who is under investigation for procuring fraudulent Gambian passport is still involv...

“Given the gravity of the allegations it’s disturbing to hear that (Dale) Lewis is still actively involved in deporta...

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almost 4 years ago
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On public health grounds, Ottawa needs to stop the practice of deportation: lawyers

The Canadian Bar Association warns Ottawa that resuming deportations amid a new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic would p...

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almost 4 years ago
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Gambian embassy was ‘taken aback’ by Canadian border agent who used irregular channels to obtain ...

The Canada Border Services Agency says it has opened an investigation into how one of their officers obtained a passp...

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almost 4 years ago
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Canadian border agent’s alleged role in passport fraud sparks renewed calls for oversight

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair urged to introduce oversight legislation for Canada Border Services Agency.

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almost 4 years ago
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Canadian border agent under investigation after passport for immigration detainee deemed fraudulent

“The gravity of it is hard to overstate,” said Jared Will, lawyer for Ebrahim Toure, a long-time immigration detainee...

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almost 4 years ago
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Immigration detainee Ebrahim Toure ordered released, pending deportation, but Ottawa silent on ‘v...

Ebrahim Toure, who was previously held in immigration detention for five-and-a-half years, is still scheduled to be d...

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almost 4 years ago
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Canada Border Services Agency refusing to disclose evidence from ‘vigilante’ officer in deportati...

Officer faces questions about use of WhatsApp and confidential informant in the case of a man facing imminent return ...

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almost 4 years ago
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Border agent showed ‘willingness to go rogue,’ says lawyer for longtime immigration detainee

The CBSA removals officer in charge of Ebrahim Toure’s case had no explanation for why he used his personal email to ...

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almost 4 years ago
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Suggestions of fraudulent documents, misuse of informants and personal email accounts as longtime...

Ebrahim Toure’s lawyer cited irregularities in how the documents appear to have been issued and questioned the CBSA o...

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