Canada Border Services Agency

Canada Border Services Agency: Although Khurshid Begum Awans removal on Wednesday was eventually cancelled following protest by her cardiologist, refugee advocates criticized the Canada Border Services Agency for its actions, according to The Star. Three officers just showed up at the emergency room and informed her she was under arrest. Its really disturbing. We call on health-care providers and administrators to ensure people accessing health services are safe from border agents and A Pakistani grandmother recovering from a heart attack was arrested at a Montreal hospital by border officers and told she would be deported from Canada the next day. There is no reason for this kind of belligerent and intimidating tactics, said Rosalind Wong of Solidarity Across Borders, who was with the woman at the Montreal General Hospital when the arrest occurred Tuesday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.