CBSA Rachel Kronick

Joseph: When the CBSA met Joseph, the officer decided he might not show up for his refugee appointments, so they transferred him to a detention centre for migrants, according to Toronto Star. That would have been frightening enough for Joseph, but after an assessment by a CBSA-contracted doctor — using a security guard as a language interpreter — Joseph found himself transferred to a maximum-security prison. By Rachel Kronick, and Michaela Beder Wed., May 18, 2016 He entered the wrong entrance at the subway and the next thing he knew, TTC security was calling the Canada Border Services Agency . Joseph had fled his own country and come to Canada as a refugee claimant. Why did Joseph, a refugee claimant seeking safety in Canada, get sent to jail Because the doctor had understood that he was thinking of suicide. As physicians we believe no one should be transferred to jail for being sick and we are joining more than 140 health-care providers in calling for an immediate end to the transfer of immigration detainees to jails in Ontario. Joseph had not been charged with any crime, but was incarcerated because he was deemed to be suicidal. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.