Immigrant detainees in Canada by the numbers, 2013-14
Posted Jan 11, 2016 05:49:55 PM.
Last Updated Jan 11, 2016 07:50:36 PM.
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OTTAWA – Number of immigrant detainees held by Canada Border Services Agency in 2013-14: 10,088.
Number of facilities across Canada that held them: 138.
Number held in federal immigration facilities: 6,355.
Number held in other federal, provincial or municipal facilities: 3,733.
Percentage of refugee claimaints among the total detained population: 17.
Number of days, on average, the claimaints were held: 20.
Percentage of minors among the total detained population: 1.9 per cent.
Number of days, on average, the minors were held: 10.
(Source: Canadian Red Cross Society Annual Report on Detention Monitoring Activities in Canada, 2013-14)
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