Advocates slam CBSA for secrecy surrounding immigration detention death
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CBSA said emergency responders were called to the holding centre when the detainee was found unresponsive. The agency said onsite staff and medical personnel tried to resuscitate the person until first responders arrived. It is the second death in immigration detention this year. In January, a person held in a holding centre in Quebec died after they were found in medical distress.
“It is essential to find out how the person died and the circumstances of their death,” said Arbel, an expert on refugee law, prison law and constitutional law. “This is a public institution where an individual is deprived of liberty at the hands of the state.” Arbel has long raised concerns about the fact that there are no time limits on how long an individual can be kept in immigration detention.Advertisement 6The immigration detention centre in Surrey is one of three federally run immigration holding centres in Canada. The other two are in Toronto, and Laval, Que.
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