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Thousands Halt Vancouver Deportation on Human Rights Day

posted by Stuart Neatby Geography: West Vancouver Topics: vancouver, immigration, non-status, no one is illegal, laibar singh

December 12, 2007

Thousands Halt Vancouver Deportation on Human Rights Day

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This is probably the most inspiring bit of news I've heard in a long time. The deportation of Singh, who is paralysed, has only been stayed temporarily.

An attempt to deport a paralysed man back to India on International Human Rights Day fell apart after a grass-roots protest at Vancouver International Airport Monday literally halted traffic and prevented border and immigration agents from taking custody of him.

By mid-afternoon the Canada Border Services Agency halted its plan to deport Laibar Singh after it concluded that it would be too risky for its agents to walk out to a waiting taxi in which the elderly man was sitting. Between them and the curb were as many as 2,000 protesters, many of them members of an Abbotsford-area Sikh temple that had rallied in support.


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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 2007-12-23 08:05.

The community has come together once again. CBSA should be ashamed at their attempt at deported a paralysed man.

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