Over 28K Foreign Fugitives With Active Deportation Orders Missing in Canada

Over 28K Foreign Fugitives With Active Deportation Orders Missing in Canada
A Canada Border Services Agency patch is seen on an officer in Calgary on Aug. 1, 2019. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh/
|Updated:
0:00

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.