TORONTO — Vladyslav Zadorozhnyi, 15, the suicidal boy Canada planned to deport to Ukraine despite a psychiatrist’s warning it would trigger another attempt, has been spared at the 11h hour.
A stay of deportation for him, his mother Maryna Zadorozhna, 34, stepfather Andriy Ryabinin, 45, and brother Andriy, 7, appears to have been ordered on Friday afternoon from the cabinet level, likely by Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, who oversees the Canada Border Services Agency, though a spokesman would not confirm this.
It followed a panicked day of legal manoeuvring on behalf of a family whose refugee claim about extortion by gangsters …read more
Source: National Post