Lawyer challenges federal decision to deny help to woman with six children in Syria
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Lawyer asks court to order return of Quebec motherGlobal Affairs Canada cited security concerns on June 21 and offered repatriation assistance only for the six children.
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- In a newly filed application, Lawrence Greenspon asks the Federal Court to order the repatriation of the Canadian citizen identified only as F.J. and her six children from a Syrian detention camp.
- Global Affairs Canada told Greenspon on June 21 that F.J. had extremist ideological beliefs that might lead her to act violently, and that the government could not prevent such conduct.
- In a letter from late November, Global Affairs Canada said F.J. and her children met the criteria for federal consideration of assistance; Ottawa nevertheless offered repatriation help only for the children, leaving the mother to choose between separation and remaining in the camp.
- The application argues that separating the family would violate the International Convention on the Rights of the Child and the policy framework used by the government, while federal lawyers will have an opportunity to defend its position in court.
tantamount to exile.— Greenspon said Ottawa's refusal to help her return to Canada means indefinite detention overseas.
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