'An unknown entity with a history of lying'A member of the Immigration and Refugee Board's Immigration Division ordered Abdelwahep's release last month. No 'single, simple answer'The issue of immigration detention has arisen repeatedly in the courts in recent years. The judge in the case found that extended immigration detention doesn't automatically amount to a violation of a prisoner's rights. 'Detention is an extreme measure'Toronto immigration consultant Macdonald Scott is part of the End Immigration Detention Network, an intervenor in a number of similar cases. At one of his last Immigration Division hearings, the agency explained efforts to reach out to some of the hundreds of people identified as possible cousins through Ancestry DNA.

Source: CBC News September 29, 2018 15:00 UTC