Overview
- The Canada Border Services Agency reported on Sept. 3 that it has removed 111 people and issued 188 removal orders in a targeted effort to address extortion violence affecting South Asian communities.
- Removals are concentrated regionally with 58 in the Pacific region, 30 in the Prairies and 23 in the Greater Toronto Area, while removal orders total 91 in B.C., 47 in the Prairies and 50 in the GTA.
- The CBSA highlighted four recent named cases—Palwinder Singh, Jasmer Singh, Amitoz Bajwa and Sahibjot Singh—whose removals followed Immigration and Refugee Board findings of inadmissibility for membership in criminal organisations, firearms activity or serious criminality.
- Public Safety Canada has linked the violence to transnational groups such as the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and Surrey police report a sharp rise in local extortion, shootings and arson that underpinned the enforcement push.
- The agency says investigations rely on law‑enforcement partners, other federal bodies and public tips, and officials warn the drive to use immigration law against organised‑crime figures could prompt community and diplomatic scrutiny as removals continue.