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A constitutional challenge by the Man With No Name to force his release from prison — where he has been held for more than eight years because the government cannot be sure who he is — has been thwarted by his decades of lying and the government’s continuing efforts to prove his identity.

Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) rejected a broad challenge seeking to limit immigration detention in Canada to six months; it also dismissed his argument that his detention — with no end in sight — is “cruel and unusual treatment,” violating Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms and international law.

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The Man With No Name now claims he is Michael Mvogo of Cameroon, but he was previously similarly adamant several other names were his true identity.

Until Canada knows who he is and where he was born, the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) cannot deport him. Until he can be deported, the government is unwilling to release him.