Manitoba: Asylum Seekers and People

manitoba: Another inmate dies after stint at Winnipeg Remand Centre Canadian children 'locked up' in immigration detention centres Hundreds of asylum seekers entering Manitoba on foot Citing privacy reasons, the federal government won't say if any of the eight people behind bars are asylum seekers who've walked into Manitoba in recent months, according to CBC. There are always some people held in immigration detention in every province, said Scott Bardsley, press secretary for Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale. The detainees are being held in jails across the province and one is at the Winnipeg Remand Centre, CBC News has learned. CBC has obtained numbers that show 563 people have been detained in Manitoba jails by the Canada Border Services Agency from 2012 to 2016. There were 130 detained the next year and 168 in 2014. In 2012, 144 people were detained. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.