Advocacy Group and End Immigration Detention Network

End Immigration Detention Network: Last year alone thousands of migrants from abroad as many as close to 10,000 found themselves locked up in Canadian holding centres, and more than 145 have been detained for more than six months, a new study by the advocacy group End Immigration Detention Network has found, according to The Star. They are held because an immigration official suspects they may go underground to avoid deportation; because their identity cant be established; or on suspicion that they may pose a risk to the public. Most are locked up for a few weeks then deported. Some are released in the care of a guarantor. But some are held indefinitely and Does Canadas immigration system need to lock up people, sometimes for years on end, not because they are suspected terrorists or criminals but because a federal official worries that they may not show up for some future hearing? By and large these arent violent people who pose a threat to society. As s Nicholas Keung reports , most are failed refugee claimants, people without documents and those who have had their resident status revoked. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.