Comparing photos of Somali refugees with images of visitors to Canada, the CBSA is accusing some claimants of lying about their identity.
Abdiqani Ibrahim Ali claims he spent all his life in a rural town in Somalia — until his father was gunned down by terrorists.
It was on those grounds, more than four years ago, that he was granted asylum in Canada.
… Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is alleging he has fabricated his asylum story, and his whole identity.
Officials claim he is really a Kenyan citizen, rather than a Somali refugee, who came here legally on a student visa but failed to show up at his classes in Manitoba.
How they’ve come to that determination is a matter of some controversy, and it’s prompting allegations that the federal government could be using some form of facial recognition devices as it assesses refugees — a practice fraught with implications of racial bias and privacy concerns. It’s an allegation officials deny.
