Letter to PM Trudeau calls for immediate end to migrant incarceration

A letter sent Monday morning to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by 45 Canadian and international groups is calling on the Canadian government to "immediately" stop imprisoning migrants for administrative reasons.

A letter sent Monday morning to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by 45 Canadian and international groups is calling on the Canadian government to "immediately" stop imprisoning migrants for administrative reasons.

In the letter, a copy of which was obtained by Radio-Canada/CBC, the signatories expressed concern that immigration detainees are being sent to other provinces rather than being released, as some detention agreements are about to expire.

"Instead of transferring people across provinces to keep them detained, the federal government should invest to expand localized programs of community-based alternatives to detention," said the letter, which is also addressed to Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino and Immigration Minister Sean Fraser.