'Gross mismanagement' and other cases of wrongdoing found at Immigration department, report says

The immigration department in Canada has been accused of widespread mismanagement and other forms of wrongdoing, according to a scathing internal audit released last week. The report, obtained by The Ottawa Citizen through an Access to Information request, highlighted numerous issues within the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) department. Among these were concerns over data breaches, long processing times for applications, and allegations that some employees had engaged in unethical behavior. “Gross mismanagement” was a term used repeatedly throughout the report to describ…