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Miniseries

3 episodes · 2002

  1. 1Toughening Up

    25 Sep 2002 · 58 min

    Immigration officers face new pressures as they inspect several cases, including a Turkish military officer and his family seeking refugee status, and a Guyanese mother of two in flight from the U.S. who fears her husband is trying to kill her.

  2. 2Immigration Task Force

    02 Oct 2002 · 58 min

    Investigators get a tip that a man charged with murder in his native Jamaica has been living in Canada for several years under a false identity. They track him down in a knife-sharpening business.

  3. 3The End of the Linefinale

    09 Oct 2002 · 58 min

    Examines the immigration system's bureaucratic machinery, and the level of frustration of the officers who must enforce policies and tackle conflicting priorities. Also looks at the apprehension of failed refugee and asylum claimants, visa overstays, and war criminals.