May 16 - 31, 2018
PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY
Travellers from Philippines in
Top 5 list of passengers most
searched by Canada border
agents
Air travelers from the Philippines
are among those most likely to face
luggage searches and secondary
questioning by the Canada Border
Services Agency (CBSA).
This was revealed by a CTV News
investigation into who were being
subject to searches upon arrival in
Canada.
The Top 5 list shows travelers
from Iran at number one as 25.5
percent of arrivals from that country
are flagged. Coming in second is
Jamaica; 17.8 percent; Chad, 17.8
percent; Philippines, 16.6 percent;
and Nigeria, 16.4 percent.
According to a CTV News
report, more than 13 per cent of
passengers with passports from
Middle Eastern countries, and 11
per cent from African or Caribbean
nations, were inspected.
Only 2.7 per cent of EU citizens
were flagged for customs issues,
CTV News reported.
According to the report, the
CBSA denies that it conducts racial
profiling.
“All persons, including Canadian
citizens, seeking entry to Canada
are subject to the same rules and
regulations regardless of nationality,
race and/or gender,” CBSA
spokesman Jayden Robertson said
in an email that was quoted by CTV
News.
Robertson added, “Secondary
examinations are part of the normal
cross-border travel process.”
CTV News reported that travellers
from Nordic countries were subject
to some of the lowest rates of
screening.
Only 1.4 per cent of visitors
from Iceland and 1.9 per cent from
Denmark pulled over for luggage
searches or further customs
review.
CTV News obtained data under
the Access to Information Act for
tracking more than 34 million air
passenger arrivals in Canada for
2017.
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