VANCOUVER
(CKNW/AM980) -- A refugee advocacy group is calling for
an independent inquiry into the incarceration of last
summer's boat people.
The group DARE, or Direct Action Against Refugee
Exploitation, wants a public inquiry into the government
policy of imprisoning Chinese refugee claimants.
DARE
lists a number of human rights complaints lodged by
refugee claimants and their advocates.
The group also fears the further deportation this
week of migrants currently being housed in prison. It
calls last week's secret removals outrageous, and
describes immigration actions as being something from a
police state.
DARE thinks the government should address the
problems that refugee face while in jail, despite the
illegal means they use to get to Canada.
