Court supports immigration detention rules
The detention rules for those who cannot be deported immediately from Canada are in line with the Constitution. This was found by the Federal Court of Appeal that rejected an argument that there should be time limits for detention in immigration cases similar to criminal trials, reported by Globe and Mail. The Federal Court of Appeal supported lower court ruling to dismiss the constitutional challenge filed by Alvin Brown, a Jamaican national detained for five years before deportation. Canadian immigration detention regulations have “all of the protections mandated” to ensure extended periods of detention don’t contravene the charter, the judge wrote. Detention reviews are “timely and frequent,” the onus is on the public safety minister to establish both grounds for detention and that detention is warranted based on case-specific factors, and detention may only be ordered when there are no appropriate alternatives, he wrote.
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