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OTTAWA, Canada – The federal government has been publicly stepping up deportations of people found inadmissible to Canada because of a suspicion they may have participated in war crimes.However, according to Public Safety Minister Vic Toews it's not up to Canada to prosecute people suspected of crimes against humanity. It's not realistic for Canada to investigate, prosecute and imprison people who commit crimes against humanity in other countries, Vic Toews said
According to Vic Toews, Canada is not the UN. It's not our responsibility to make sure each one of these faces justice in their own countries.
"What we are doing with [the Canada Border Services Agency] is ensuring that Canadian law is obeyed. These individuals have no right to be here and are being removed," he said, adding that it's his responsibility to have them removed in the interest of Canadians' safety.- Prompted by a media report, the federal government launched a website with the names, birthdates and photographs of 30 individuals living illegally in Canada
after they were turned down for refugee status, and appealed for any information that could lead to their whereabouts. - The Immigration and Refugee Board deemed all 30 inadmissible to Canada because there were "reasonable grounds" to believe they were involved in war crimes or crimes against humanity.
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