refugee claimants: The agency holds people who are considered a flight risk or a danger to the public and those whose identities cannot be confirmed, according to CTV. In 2013-14, it detained 10,088 immigrants -- almost one-fifth of them refugee claimants -- in a variety of facilities, including federal holding centres and provincial and municipal jails. The office of Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said Tuesday the government "is examining how best to provide the Canada Border Services Agency with appropriate review mechanisms." The statement came as civil rights groups and refugee lawyers decried the second death of someone in the border agency custody in less than a week. On March 7, the border services agency was notified by the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services that an individual in immigration detention at the Toronto East Detention Centre had died. A border agency spokeswoman declined Tuesday to identify the two individuals, citing privacy law. On Sunday, the border agency was advised by the Ontario ministry that a person detained at the Maplehurst Correctional Complex had died.
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