[h=1]A second fugitive wanted for deportation from Canada for suspected involvement in war crimes abroad has been arrested thanks to tips from the public, federal officials announced Saturday. Arshad Muhammad, a Pakistani national, was arrested by police in Mississauga, Ont., and is now in the custody of Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officials, according to information announced in Montreal by Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney, and his office.[/h][h=2]Photograph by: Canadian Border Services Agency, Canadian Border Services Agency[/h]
OTTAWA — A second fugitive wanted for deportation from Canada for suspected involvement in war crimes abroad has been arrested thanks to tips from the public, federal officials announced Saturday.
Arshad Muhammad, a Pakistani national, was arrested by police in Mississauga, Ont., and is now in the custody of Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officials, according to information announced in Montreal by Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney, and his office.
This follows the arrest of Honduran Cristobal Gonzalez-Ramirez, 44, in Alberta Friday.
Both men had been identified on a list of 30 men Canadian authorities said were failed refugee claimants suspected of international rights violations.
Kenney and Vic Toews, the minister of public safety, publicized the list Thursday asking the public to help find those individuals. This ended a decades-old practice of the government refusing to disclose the names of suspected war criminals thought to reside in Canada.
Profiles of the 30 fugitives were posted Thursday on the Canada Border Services Agency’s website: http: //www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/ wc-cg/menu-eng.html
“The help that Canadians are providing to Canada Border Services is proving to be beyond what we had expected,” Toews said Saturday in a statement. “Those who have been involved in war crimes or crimes against humanity will find no haven on our shores; they will be located, and they will face the consequences.”
The public was warned not to try to apprehend any individuals on the list.
Civil rights groups had denounced the publication of the names, calling the announcement misleading and potentially dangerous.
Canadian Council for Refugees executive director Janet Dench told Postmedia News Friday that many of these fugitives may have been involved with groups that committed war crimes or human rights violations, but only in very juniors roles, such as drivers or messengers.
"The government has been linking immigrants to fraud and abuse and crime," Dench said.
"We’re concerned that is going to feed into public xenophobia."
With files from Jeff Davis, Postmedia News
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