Posted by admin on Jul 9th, 2007
Chantal Eustace, Vancouver Sun
Monday, July 09, 2007
Laibar Singh’s eyes flickered and watered on Sunday as a crowd of shouting supporters circled his wheelchair outside an Abbotsford Sikh temple where the paralysed refugee claimant sought sanctuary on the weekend. Singh, who entered the country with a fake passport four years ago, had been scheduled to be deported Sunday afternoon. Instead, with the help of friends, the 48-year-old father of four wheeled out of his care facility, the George Pearson Centre in Vancouver, and left by taxi Friday afternoon. The group visited numerous temples in the Lower Mainland before ending up at the Gurdwara Kalgidhar Darbar Sahib Society — the temple in Abbotsford that Singh calls his sanctuary.
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Posted by admin on Jul 7th, 2007
Mr. Laibar Singh has taken sanctuary at Abbortsford Sahib Kalgidhar Darbar Gurudwara. This difficult decision, particularly given his medical condition, was made by him and his supporters as part of his struggle for justice to remain in Canada. At a rally today in support of Mr. Singh, over 300 community members vowed to support Mr. Singh during the duration of his sanctuary and to continue to pressure the government to fight for his right to remain. See press release below and for ongoing support email noii-van@resist.ca or call 778-885 0040.
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Posted by admin on Jul 7th, 2007
Jul 07, 2007 04:30 AM
Jen Gerson, Staff Reporter
While 11-year-old Alice finds the box of tissues, her mother cries as she tells how she has come to live in the choir room of an Anglican church in Mississauga – and is crying still at what might happen if she leaves. Felicia Abimbola knows it was a desperate measure, but when she was ordered after 17 years here to return to her native Nigeria, she faced a
desperate choice: Ask her church for sanctuary, or depart for Africa and decide whether to leave her Canadian-born daughter behind. That was in October. She hasn’t left the Trinity Anglican church since.
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Posted by admin on Jun 29th, 2007
Friday, June 29, 2007
CBC News
A man living in sanctuary in a St. John’s church and who’s now taking his battle against a deportation order to Federal Court used pliers to pull an infected tooth after his request for medical help was turned down.Latvian Alexi Kolosov is fighting a deportation order from the sanctuary of a St. John’s church. Last week, papers were filed with the Federal Court of Canada to fight the decision in February disallowing Kolosov to stay in Canada, said Gordon Sutherland, pastor at the church.
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Posted by admin on May 4th, 2007
Dear friends, allies, and supporters,
We are currently seeking supporters to financially assist one of the refugees we support. As many of you are well aware, on Monday Feb 20 Amir Kazemian was accepted on his Humanitarian and Compassionate claim for permanent residency in Canada. Amir is an Iranian refugee who became well-known to people across Canada when he made the courageous decision to publicly seek sanctuary in June 2004. He remained in sanctuary for 2 years and 8 months, inspiring hundreds of supporters, until he was arrested and detained by the Vancouver City Police on February 17, 2006 and subsequently held in detention by Canadian Border Services Agency. Amir’s release from custody and the acceptance of his H and C application is a direct result of all the work and support that hundreds of people have demonstrated for him.
We call on you one more time to support Amir today as he struggles to get his life together.
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