Detention Time and Refugee Claimants

health issues: Our country will welcome roughly 300,000 new arrivals this year, and even refugee claimants who arrive on our shores unannounced are for the most part quickly released, according to Globe and Mail. Most arrivals to Canada are never detained at all, and for those who are, the median detention time is 25 days, according to one watchdog group. The magnitude of the problem shouldn't be overstated. Border and immigration officials have the legal power to hold and investigate someone they believe presents a danger to public safety; it hard to see how it could be otherwise. It is also clear that many, if not most of the long-term detainees, some of whom suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or profound mental health issues, don't belong in a criminal jail. However, human rights advocates are right to raise concerns about the risk of arbitrariness in the system. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.