#immigration-detention

Amid a global refugee crisis, the misuse of the term ‘illegal’ carries a real cost. We are concerned about a recent spike in the use of the term “illegal” to characterize asylum seekers crossing the

The UN has been asked to push Ottawa to establish an independent body to oversee the Canada Border Service Agency’s handling of immigration detainees. A group of prominent human and civil rights organizations

Yet another immigration detainee has died in unclear circumstances. It must stop. On Oct. 30, Canada Border Services Agency issued a brief news release. A 50-year-old woman had died in a maximum-security