Thirty suspected illegal workers arrested in Ottawa-Gatineau area
Posted Dec 20, 2011 10:57:24 AM.
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OTTAWA – Canada Border Services agents have arrested 30 illegal workers at shopping malls in Ottawa and Gatineau.
“We’ve arrested 16 people in Ottawa and one was released, and we’ve arrested 15 people in Gatineau,”said Stephane Malepart of Canada Border Services Agency. “We 30 people currently being detained by the CBSA for working illegally in Canada.”
Agents made several raids at the Promenades de l’Outaouais and Galleries de Hull on the Quebec side and arrested 14 people who did not have proper work permits.
Gatineau police helped shut down makeup kiosks in the main concourse in front of the Renaud-Bray bookstore at the promenades.
In Ottawa workers were arrested at six shopping centres including Bayshore, Place d’Orleans, Billings Bridge and St. Laurent.
“The global operation was targeting illegal work in Canada, but then we’ll have to look at each specific individual’s case and there’s going to be a detention review hearing at the Immigration and Refugee Board on Thursday,” said Malepart.
Malepart said the workers could face deportation.
