CBSA Public Complaints

public safety: At a minimum, it must be able to receive and deal with public complaints and complaints from third parties, initiate its own reviews and investigations of CBSA conduct even when there is no complaint, and include independent civilian investigation of critical incidents of harm or death involving CBSA officers, according to Globe and Mail. The CBSA can hold people who are a flight risk, pose a threat to public safety or whose identities cannot be confirmed. Paterson in a statement Tuesday. According to the End Immigration Detention Network, a migrant advocacy group, 14 immigration detainees have died in the CBSA care since 2000, including the two deaths last week. The CBSA confirmed that two detainees died on March 7 and 13, but refused to disclose information about the individuals for privacy reasons. If immigration enforcement in the Ontario provincial prisons can’t keep people alive in their custody, they have no business jailing them, said Syed Hussan, a spokesman for the group. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.