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URGENT! Abdoul recently got a job and has kept to all his release conditions. He has been working so hard and has a loving community around him supporting him. Instead of giving him a chance, the government is rushing through with this hearing which will strip him of his ability to work and could return him to prison. PLEASE help us stop this deportation and give Abdoul the chance to work and live in his commmunity. We need Ralph Goodale to know that deportating Abdoul is unjust.
This week, please email, Tweet, call, and help us save Abdoul. Let the government know before this hearing that this is not right.
CASE UPDATE — FEB 11, 2018:
The Federal Court will hear an emergency request this week to temporarily stop the deportation of Abdoul Abdi.
Mr. Abdi had asked the Minister of Public Safety to press pause on the deportation hearing while the Federal Court hears a constitutional challenge of the Minister’s decision to deport. The Minister refused this request and instead asked the Immigration and Refugee Board to proceed with a deportation hearing.
The Board is not allowed to review the Minister’s deportation decision and must issue a deportation order in Mr. Abdi’s circumstances. There is no right of appeal.
A deportation order automatically strips Mr. Abdi of his permanent resident status, including the right to work and the right to healthcare. As a result, Mr. Abdi will be unable to continue in his new job. There is a significant risk he will be returned to prison because working is a condition of his release.
Mr. Abdi argues he will be irreparably harmed if he is stripped of his rights before having the merits of his court case decided. He won his first court challenge in October and believes his current case will also be successful.
The Court hearing to request a temporary stop of the deportation is scheduled for Thursday Feb. 15 at 9:30am in Halifax. Mr. Abdi’s constitutional challenge is still in the early phase and the Court has not yet decided if or when there will be a full hearing.
Benjamin Perryman
Barrister & Solicitor
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