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published on July 31, 2018, 11:45 AM
By Agence France-Presse
Canadian authorities said Monday they have quietly collected the DNA of migrants and have it associated with distant relatives using genealogical sites so
collecting DNA from migrants to establish their nationality and confidentiality of data held by websites (AFP / Manila Bulletin) [19659006] The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) does this only in extreme cases – like that of a man He claimed to be Guinean but was turned back from this country after Canada attempted to expel him.
Immigration lawyers are however concerned about the collection of migrants by law enforcement. The DNA and confidentiality of data held by websites such as Ancestry.com and FamilyTreeDNA.com
"The CBSA uses DNA testing to determine the identity of longer-term inmates when other investigative avenues have been exhausted, "spokeswoman Jayden Robertson According to the agency, the tests help" determine identity by providing nationality indicators, which allows us to target other tracks of investigation on particular countries ".
She still gets the consent of the individual before submitting her DNA.
But Toronto immigration lawyer, Jared Will, who represents several people whose DNA has been analyzed to establish their nationality, challenges this.
"In my experience, the CBSA made these requests to inmates who are then charged with not cooperating with removal efforts in the event of a refusal, and that non-cooperation is then invoked to justify the prosecution. of prolonged detention. "In other words, while detainees can give their consent formally, the validity of this consent is questionable," he said.
Others noted that ethnicity or family ties may not Canada announced Monday that it was expanding the collection of biometric data such as fingerprints and photos for applicants refugee status, persons facing extradition and foreign nationals seeking a temporary resident visa, work permit or study [19659007] Security Border has become a political hot potato with the arrival of 30,000 asylum seekers since January 2017, jeopardizing Canada's refugee system and provoking public reaction.
According to court documents, the migrant Ebrahim Toure of four years of detention in Canada pending his removal. He initially refused a DNA sample, but finally gave in last year
Toure arrived in Canada in 2011 using a fraudulent French passport, and was deported.
He then claimed to be a Guinean citizen. him there. But on his arrival at Conakry airport, the Guinean authorities denied him entry, saying that a birth certificate that he had provided was fraudulent. They also noted that he did not speak French, the official language of Guinea.
The CBSA then examined his Facebook account which listed 48 friends mainly from Gambia, interviewed members of the Toronto Gambian community who knew him, concluded from a linguistic analysis that he was " very likely 'Gambian and that he was trying to match his DNA on genealogical sites to relatives in Gambia
Tags: Canada, CBSA, deportees, DNA, genealogical site
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