Afraid of Persecution in Pakistan
Members of a family living in sanctuary in a Winnipeg church say they won't return to Pakistan following a deportation order because they're afraid of returning to the country. The family - Hassan Raza, his wife Sarfraz Kausar and their six children - is living at the Crescent Fort Rouge United Church to avoid deportation, which was supposed to take place Friday morning. [..]On Thursday, a Federal Court judge rejected the Shia Muslim family's refugee claim that it faces persecution in Pakistan, which is largely Sunni Muslim.
Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/20...ary-family.html
This seems pretty harsh. The family has lived in the United States and Canada since 1998 and two of the children are Canadian citizens. I hope that their case will be reviewed, and the order to leave cancelled. I wonder if Canadian immigration laws are stricter that in the United States?