-- OTTAWA -- Canada's border cops began a sweep of northern Ontario earlier this year to catch some of the 1,973 criminals who've apparently gone underground to avoid being kicked out of the country.And the 2000 criminals are just the tip of the iceberg.
Newly disclosed documents show the pilot project was launched last April as the Canada Border Services Agency came under pressure from a cabinet minister to root out more unwanted visitors and send them packing.
The agency already removes about 12,000 people from Canada a year, the vast majority of whom are failed refugee claimants, at an annual cost of about $36.3-million. About 1,700 are criminals or people considered a security threat.Oh Canada.
But another 40,000 people subject to removal warrants have simply disappeared — including 1,973 who are criminals or threats to security, says an internal agency report from March.
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