A man who came to Canada on a fake U.S. passport a decade ago has been deported from the country after spending years in detention, sources tell Global News.

The International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto, released a recent report saying detainees held for immigration reasons are treated as “something less than human” in provincial jails.

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."