Immigration Detainees
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Nova Scotia becomes first province to stop holding immigration detaineesCanada Border Services Agency says the province ended the practice of housing migrants in its jails on Aug. 8.CanadaSep 1, 2023
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Nova Scotia to stop holding federal immigration detainees in provincial jailsNova Scotia notified the federal government that it will end a contract with Canada Border Services Agency to hold immigration detainees in provincial correctional centres.CanadaSep 21, 2022
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Immigration-detention system not flawless but legal: government lawyerA Jamaican man who was detained for five years before being deported is challenging the constitutionality of immigration laws.CanadaMay 16, 2017
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Indefinite immigration detention under fire in constitutional challenge at Federal CourtThe case is being brought by Alvin Brown, a mentally ill father of six deported to Jamaica in September after five years in detention.CanadaMay 15, 2017
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5-year detention challenge on hold as Jamaican set to be deported from Canada next weekAn unusual challenge to the detention of a man held without charge in immigration custody for five years has been put on hold to see if his deportation to Jamaica goes through next week.CanadaSep 1, 2016
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Goodale shows no sign of meeting demands of hunger-striking immigration detaineesDozens of immigration detainees have entered a dangerous phase of their protest hunger strike, but there was little sign Thursday that the federal government would meet their demands.CanadaJul 21, 2016
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Immigration detainees on hunger strike, request meeting with public safety ministerA group advocating for full immigration status for all migrants says more than 50 immigration detainees began refusing food Monday in two Ontario centres.CanadaJul 11, 2016
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Red Cross signs deal to visit detainees in Ontario jails months after Global News investigationCanada's Red Cross has formally signed a letter of understanding allowing its inspectors to visit immigration detainees being held in Ontario jails, after years of fruitlessly demanding access.CanadaAug 20, 2015
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Death of Canadian in U.K. immigration custody sparks public debateA death of an elderly Canadian man who died in handcuffs in British custody has sparked questions about the treatment of immigration detainees.CanadaJan 17, 2014
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