Ontario will stop allowing the federal government to hold immigration detainees in its jails, effectively putting an end to the controversial practice across the country.
The use of jails for immigration detention has been under particularly sharp scrutiny over the last 18 months, asAfter B.C. announced its decision last July, other provinces followed suit.
“Ontario’s correctional institutions should be focused on providing care and custody to individuals serving custodial sentences or on remand, not on immigration detainees, which is the federal government’s responsibility,” Hunter Kell said in an emailed statement. Immigration lawyers interviewed by the Star welcomed Ontario’s decision, but criticized the CBSA and the federal government for not stopping the practice themselves.
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