Canadian Somali Congress comments on deportations of Somalis from Canada
On the day that Omar Ahmed, a young Somali man living in Ottawa, was deported to Somalia by Canadian authorities, the Canadian Somali Congress provided input to a CBC Radio program that examined the difficulties faced by the Canadian government as it attempts to deport individuals back to Somalia. It is not certain that the Canadian government will be able to complete the deportation process for Mr. Ahmed and others because they outsource the job to Kenyan agents who do not observe basic human rights standards and expose these men to lethal danger in Somalia. There are 11 young Somali men who are set to be deported to Somalia and who have lost their permanent residency in Canada due to serious and repeated criminality. The difficulty is that deportation to certain parts of Somalia is tantamount to a death sentence. The courts have already disallowed the release of these men into Canadian society but at the same time they cannot be easily deported to certain parts of Somalia due to anarchy and generalized violence. In addition to this, the two regional governments of Puntland and Somaliland have stopped accepting any more deportees from Canada. This means that the young men are in legal limbo and continue to remain in indefinite detention long after serving their initial sentences.
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