Many provinces continue to imprison migrants who have not accused of a crime for administrative reasons, a practice that violates international law.
The Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre, seen here, is one of the provincial jails that accepts migrants detained by the Canada Border Services Agency.
According to an Immigration and Refugee Board document, Alex was held in solitary confinement "in a very, very small cell ... there is not a toilet in the cell, there is a hole in the ground.""It kind of makes you feel helpless," said Alex. "It was a system like to break you."His lawyer Chantal Ianniciello said her client, initially physically strong, became skeletal and almost died.
When taken to appointments outside the jail, immigration detainees are handcuffed, shackled and subjected to strip searches, including rectal searches, Ianniciello said.Provincial jails house criminals serving sentences of less than two years, as well as accused persons awaiting trial and convicted persons awaiting transfer.they pose a danger to the public;Most immigration detainees do not pose a danger to the public, according to CBSA's own data.
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are behind the #WelcometoCanada campaign calling on the provinces to end their contracts with CBSA, under which they agree to detain migrants in their jails. "These are real human tragedies," said Langlois. "If we think that these people have feelings, reactions like us, we cannot act in this way".
The agency also detains "those who have serious mental health issues," according to 2018 internal documents Radio-Canada obtained under the Access to Information Act.
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