News Information

• NEWS_POSTED_BY: Marcel Wah
• NEWS_POSTED_ON: May 11, 2015
• Views : 696
• Category : Diaspora News
• Description : Ottawa lifted the ban on deportations to Haiti last December
  CBC News Posted: May 05, 2015 11:54 AM ET Last Updated: May 05, 2015 12:15 PM ET
  
  Photo: Some Haitian-Montrealers are concerned they will soon face deportation now that the federal government has lifted the moratorium.
• Location : Ottawa, ON, Canada
• Website : http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/haitian-montrealers-want-more-time-before-deportation-moratorium-lifted-1.3061615

Overview

• Members of Montreal's Haitian community are asking the federal government for more time to apply for permanent resident status.
  
  Ottawa lifted the moratorium on deportations to Haiti and Zimbabwe in December. The moratorium in Haiti was originally put in place because of political violence and conditions in Haiti following the devastating earthquake in 2010.
  
  
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  Now, many Haitians fear they could soon face deportation.
  
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