OTTAWA - A Canadian refugee applicant from Bangladesh who is being held in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Buffalo says he crossed the border into the U.S. by mistake -- and now Canada won't take him back.

Mahin Shahriar told The Canadian Press he entered the U.S. on May 12 after what he believes was a human trafficking attempt.

Shahriar said he was struggling with depression and "a friend" offered him a place to stay for a few days near Montreal.

"I wanted to spend some time out of my home, and he said he had a place I could stay," Shahriar said in a phone interview from ICE custody.

Shahriar said the address he was given led to a rural road that turned out to be close to the Canada-U.S. border.

"I was instructed by my friend who was on a call. So he

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