CBSA Samer Muscati

immigration detention: This latest death is a further stain on CBSA reputation and highlights the urgent need for reform of the way immigration detention is practised in this country, said Samer Muscati, with the University of Toronto international human rights program, according to Globe and Mail. CBSA announced the death in a release Tuesday. They note at least 13 people have died in custody of Canadian immigration authorities since 2000. The CBSA will also be reviewing the circumstances of the death, the release said. In a similar case last June, a cloak of secrecy descended on the death of a man in agency custody who died after being taken to a hospital in Peterborough, Ont. The CBSA is not in a position to release further information while the investigation is ongoing. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.