We will face persecution, if deported back to Nigeria-DEBORAH Adegboye, Nigerian Asylum Seeker in Canada cries out for help
…My husband and first child were fleeing religious persecution in our country when they entered Canada as asylum-seekers via the now-shuttered Roxham Road crossing
*’I see the deportation order from federal immigration officials as a death sentence for my family, which now includes two more children who were born here in Canada. I am pleading for Canada to reverse the deportation so I can continue to build a life for me, my children and care for her patients’
*Community groups gathered outside the federal immigration minister’s office in Montreal to demand a stop to next month’s planned deportation of a local family originally from Nigeria
*’It is unconscionable that Canada would expel an essential worker during a labour shortage in the health care sector’-Guillaume Cliche-Rivard, member of Quebec’s national assembly
*BY TAMUNO ISAAC/Reporting LIVE from Montreal, CANADA, NAIJA STANDARD NEWSPAPER
A NIGERIAN WOMAN, Deborah Adegboye in Canada has cried out to the Canadian government for a change of heart in the reversal of her deportation to Lagos State, her place of birth for fear of persecution, which she claimed was due to religious violence against her and members of her family. This Nigerian family says they face ‘persecution’ if deported. They’re pleading to stay in Canada.
Community groups gathered outside the federal immigration minister’s office in Montreal Friday morning to demand a stop to next month’s planned deportation of a local family originally from Nigeria.
Adegboye says she, her husband and first child were fleeing religious persecution in their home country when they entered Canada as asylum-seekers via the now-shuttered Roxham Road crossing in 2017.
Adegboye now works as an orderly, travelling between the homes of patients with disabilities offering assistance with basic tasks.
Guillaume Cliche-Rivard, a member of Quebec’s national assembly who was present at the demonstration outside Marc Miller’s office, said it is unconscionable that Canada would expel an essential worker during a labour shortage in the health care sector.
Adegboye said she sees the deportation order from federal immigration officials as a death sentence for her family, which now includes two more children who were born in Canada.
She issued a plea for Canada to reverse the deportation so she can continue to build a life for her children and care for her patients.
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