
Over 28K Foreign Fugitives With Deportation Orders Remain in Canada
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has lost track of over 28,000 foreign fugitives who have active deportation orders, according to newly released documents, with hundreds having prior criminal convictions in Canada or abroad. The information was provided in a response to an Inquiry of Ministry filed by Conservative MP Brad Redekopp, the vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. The Inquiry document said that there are 28,145 active warrants for “failed refugee claimants” in Canada, down slightly from the 29,248 reported last October, which was first covered by Blacklock’s Reporter. Among those with outstanding deportation orders are 410 individuals said to have been convicted of crimes in Canada and another 236 people who have been convicted of crimes in their country of origin....
