Montreal family fighting deportation to Nigeria can stay for now, advocates say

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MONTREAL — Advocates for a Montreal family fighting deportation to Nigeria say they have been granted temporary permission to stay in Canada.

Quebec legislature member Guillaume Cliche-Rivard says an April 5 deportation order has been cancelled for Deborah Adegboye, her husband and their children.

Adegboye and her husband arrived in Quebec from Nigeria with their first child as asylum seekers in 2017 via the now-shuttered Roxham Road crossing, fleeing what she has described as religious persecution by a dangerous Nigerian cult. A spokesperson for the Welcome Collective, which helped organize a rally in support of the family last week, said Adegboye and her family are thrilled and relieved to be able to stay.

"These are people who are making an exceptional contribution," said Cliche-Rivard, who is a member of the opposition Quebec solidaire party."Both are patient attendants for very vulnerable people. Their children are educated in French, and they've been here since 2017."

 

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