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Rights Violators: Border and Inspection Booth

rights violators: Canada Border Services Agency guards are silhouetted as they replace each other at an inspection booth on the Canada-U.S. border in Surrey, B.C. Border services data shows that the number of people deemed inadmissible each year has been on a gradual decline from a peak of 9,131 in 2008 to 6,365 in 2016, according to Toronto Star. DARRYL DYCK / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO These individuals had come to Canada as permanent residents, visa students, foreign workers, visitors or refugees. The 267,449 foreign nationals included convicted criminals, human rights violators and terrorists identified by Canada Border Services Agency, which is tasked with getting them out of the country afterwards. While for some, their previous records went undetected before arrival, others were found to be inadmissible for offences committed while in Canada and ordered to leave. Over the decade, Americans topped the list of those deemed inadmissible, with a total of 63,590 being told they had to leave. Border services data obtained under access to information legislation shows that the number of people deemed inadmissible each year has been on a gradual decline from a peak of 9,131 in 2008 to 6,365 in 2016. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.