July 20, 2018 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters
Canada’s immigration detention system relies on faulty information and is stacked against detainees, many of whom lack lawyers and are penalized for having severe mental illness, an audit as found.
Immigration Detention
Canada’s detention of Mexicans surges after visa lift
June 13, 2017 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters
Detention of Mexican citizens in Canada has spiked since December, when the government lifted its visa requirement for visitors from Mexico, figures obtained by Reuters show, even as Canada burnishes its image as more welcoming than the United States.
Exclusive: Canadian border authorities detaining record number of Mexicans
March 18, 2017 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters
Canada’s border authorities detained more Mexicans in the first 67 days of 2017 than they did annually in any of the three previous years, according to statistics obtained by Reuters.
A severely sick man spent 400 days in solitary. This isn’t an anomaly: In Canada, it’s common
April 29, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny and Patrick Cain, Global News
We don’t know much about him but we know he was “bizarre.”
“Bizarre behaviour” is what got him placed in solitary confinement in the first place.
Critics call for reforms, oversight in wake of Global News investigation
November 6, 2014 – Anna Mehler Paperny and Leslie Young, Global News
Canada detains too many people in unacceptable conditions and under insufficient oversight, opposition politicians and civil liberties advocates said Thursday, after a Global News investigation detailed Canada’s questionable practices when it comes to non-citizens.
Canada’s Unwanted: Non-citizens paid to leave, jailed without charge, die in secret
November 5, 2014 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Canada is built on generations of multifarious foreigners. But its treatment of those without the imprimatur – or protection – of citizenship remains troubling.
a business of misfits 