Despite being on a tourist visa with no criminal record, British national Rebecca Burke was handcuffed and thrown in a detention center, her father said.

Image via Instagram A British backpacker went solo traveling in Canada and the U.S. But she's ended up in a U.S. jail after being detained at the Canadian border. Guards accused her of having the wrong visa.

A British backpacker faces spending up to a month in a US jail after a ‘life-changing’ trip turned into a ‘nightmare’ as she was detained on a visa violation after trying to cross into Canada. Rebecca Burke,