Cases identified by investigators include 178 proceedings where asylum claims were heard supposedly behind closed doors to protect privacy.
The Immigration and Refugee Board has identified almost 200 cases involving a contracted interpreter, who is facing fraud-related charges for allegedly dispatching unauthorized individuals to do the work on his behalf at virtual hearings.in Kiswahili/Swahili, Kinyarwanda and Kirundi has raised privacy concerns for vulnerable asylum seekers as the board has transitioned increasingly to online hearings since the early days of the pandemic.
Last month, Gerard Byamungu, 37, of Durham Region, was charged with fraud/breach of trust by official; fraud not exceeding $5,000; fraud exceeding $5,000; and possession of property or things obtained by crime exceeding $5,000. Pape said Byamungu has been scheduled for about 310 hearings since November 2014, and added that a review of the recordings identified 193 cases where an unauthorized interpreter may have been present, including 178 supposedly private proceedings and 15 that were public.“The bigger concern or the more interesting concern is that the refugee board doesn’t know who was interpreting the hearing and that person is under no obligation to keep that matter private and secret,” said Sandaluk.
Additional measures have been implemented to verify the identities of interpreters at the time of the hearing, including issuing new IRB identification cards.
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