10 years later, migrant workers get payout over OPP DNA dragnet

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10 years later, migrant workers get payout over OPP DNA dragnet
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Migrant workers caught up in a 2013 DNA dragnet gathered in London\u0027s Victoria Park on Sunday to celebrate their settlement with police

He’d wound up with police for hours before he was allowed to return to his bunkhouse. “It’s very traumatizing. That was the first time this happened to me.”

“But the victory is not even the tip of the iceberg. We have a long way to go for equal rights in Canada,” he said.Article content Chris Ramsaroop, organizer with Justicia for Migrant Workers, speaks to a crowd of more than 100 people in London’s Victoria Park on Sunday July 30, 2023. Migrant workers, past and present, and their allies gathered there on Sunday, July 30, to celebrate a settlement with provincial police a decade after dozens of the workers were caught up in a DNA dragnet.

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