Immigrant Detention
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Guatemalan boy who died in U.S. custody had the flu: officialsThe New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator says in a statement late Thursday that more tests need to be done before a cause of death can be determined for Felipe Gomez Alonzo.WorldDec 28, 2018
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U.S. authorities held immigrant children in a ‘tent city’ for months: court filingsMore than 500 children have been housed in tents near Tornillo, Texas since August, and 46 have been held there since June, according to a Friday court filing in Los Angeles federal court.WorldOct 22, 2018
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African-Americans said migrant detention centres ‘better than some of the projects’: Fox News analystRachel Campos-Duffy defended her comments, which she later said were based on a conversation with one African-American man.WorldJun 23, 2018
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Over 100 foreigners died in Malaysia’s immigrant detention centres in 2 years: report"The numbers are too many and are shocking and it calls for the overhaul of the system."WorldMar 30, 2017
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Not wanted in Canada: How the CBSA deals with some ‘inadmissibles’Michael, an African man in his mid-50s, is one of hundreds being detained in a cell. He has been locked up for 8 ½ years, in conditions he calls “horrible."CanadaFeb 18, 2015
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CBSA learned of its own detainee’s death by accident – three weeks laterOn January 14 2013, Canada Border Service Agency officials showed up at a detention hearing for a dead man.CanadaFeb 2, 2015
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Cold, ill-fed, terrified: Ex-detainee recalls Lindsay jail ordealAn immigration detainee held for months at the provincial jail in Lindsay remembers inadequate food, bone-numbing cold and threats from terrifying criminals.CanadaDec 17, 2014
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Behind closed doors, feds decide to keep Iranian refugee claimant in jailIn a hearing held Monday without his lawyer, family or surety present, a representative of Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board assented to a federal lawyer's request to keep Masoud Hajivand behind bars.CanadaNov 24, 2014
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‘I’m not a criminal’: Jailed with no charge, no sentence, no oversightMasoud Hajivand is one of more than 200 immigration detainees held in Ontario's notoriously crowded jails, many of them without charge. All of them, Global News has learned, have been hidden for years from Red Cross attempts to ascertain their well-being.CanadaNov 5, 2014
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