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July 13, 2009 -- Members of the Sheikh family address the media outside the offices of the Immigration and Refugee Board.
Date: 07/12/2009
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Sami (l) and Ashrah speak to the media in French and English.
Date: 07/12/2009
Views: 111
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They are surrounded by their friends, neighbours, co-workers, schoolmates and supporters, who gather to demand the Sheikh family remain in Canada.
Date: 07/12/2009
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Sami, Ashrah and their youngest sister, Sabrina, 5, are able to address the media outside but their parents have been in detention since July 10.
Date: 07/12/2009
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Sabir and Seema Sheikh face imminent removal while their elder children, Ashrah, Tayyaba and Sami may face removal in the coming weeks.
Date: 07/12/2009
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The family has been effectively separated by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the immigration policies of the Canadian government.
Date: 07/12/2009
Views: 91
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Surrounded by supporters, the family enters the Immigration and Refugee Board to attend a detention review hearing for their parents.
Date: 07/12/2009
Views: 76
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Ashrah is a Concordia University student and works at Walmart, while Sami studies at Vanier College; their co-workers and students attended the hearing in large numbers.
Date: 07/13/2009
Views: 77
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Sabrina plays with her friends from the neighbourhood; she is born in Canada but will be separated from her parents.
Date: 07/13/2009
Views: 78
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Inside the hearing room, Sami, Ashrah and Sabrina wait for their parents.
Date: 07/13/2009
Views: 71
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Sabir and Seema enter the hearing room; they have been detained since Friday, July 10.
Date: 07/13/2009
Views: 77
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Sabir and Seema have been accepted as refugees since 2001, but had their status unexpectedly revoked in 2007.
Date: 07/17/2009
Views: 51
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They are unable to win their release at their detention review hearing, and are expected to be removed to the USA on July 14.
Date: 07/13/2009
Views: 107
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July 10: CBSA agents, in bulletproof vests, come to detain the parents of the Sheikh family at their home in Parc Extension.
Date: 11/10/1970
Views: 80
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Neighbours gather to object, but the agents take Sabir and Seema away.
Date: 11/10/1970
Views: 80
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The struggle continues ... local migrant justice groups and community members continue to organize against deportations and for Status for All!
Date: 07/12/2009
Views: 102
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