An Indian man whose wife is an accepted refugee in Canada is facing deportation with the couple’s five-year-old son in what lawyers say is a troubling new practice of separating the families of people with protected status.
Ravi Chauhan and his young son are set to be deported Monday, leaving his wife, who is the child’s mother, behind in Canada without the possibility of seeing her family for what could be years while they await permanent residency.
Lawyers and advocates say Chauhan’s case reflects a broader change in which border officials are increasingly deporting the spouses and children of protected persons who were previously allowed to remain while applications were processed.
but he was jailed for something…
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He was detained by the CBSA during what he thought was a routine check-in.
He was then informed that his asylum claim was rejected.
His wife was required to post a $4000 immigration bond so that he did not remain in detention until deportation.
He has no criminal record. CBC is using the term “bail” loosely here.
ah ok, that clears things up
CBSA has their own ‘jails’ so charges aren’t required. A simple denial of immigration is all that’s needed to hold someone.