‘No justice, no truth’ for Canada’s immigration detainees

CBSA officers have enormous discretion to exercise one of the most invasive acts a government can take against individuals: depriving them of their liberty. Canada remains one of only a few countries without a cap on the length of immigration detention.

Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino and Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, pictured, have a clear opportunity to follow the UN working group’s recommendations. The group urged the government to conduct a 'full and independent investigation' into the detention of Ebrahim Toure, who unsuccessfully applied for asylum, but the government has not complied. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY HANNA GROS AND JUSTIN MOHAMMED

December 9, 2020

“The reason I came [to Canada] is to seek refuge, but the punishment I got for that—I never experienced that anywhere else,” Ebrahim Toure testified on Nov. 16 from the Toronto immigration holding centre at his

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