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Highlandgee:
Nigerian woman living in Canada Idayat Saka, denied residency, could be deported because she had a baby.

A Nigerian, Idayat Saka who works in Toronto as a health-care worker did exactly what her doctor told her to do to protect herself and her baby. The 33-year-old mother of four stopped working at the beginning of her third trimester of pregnancy due to “high-risk” complications from prior cesarean births.

What Saka couldn’t have known at the time was that her decision to stop working when she did would later be used by an immigration officer to deny her permanent residency in Canada.

This rejection means Saka, her husband and two of their children could soon be deported to Nigeria. Her youngest sons, ages three and one, can’t be deported because they’re Canadian.

“I was crying. I was done,” Saka stated to Afrotimes News, explaining the heartbreak she felt when her application to remain in Canada was rejected. Saka and her husband are failed asylum seekers.

They came to Canada in October 2017 after they say their lives were threatened by gunmen in Nigeria. These claims were later dismissed.

After they arrived in Canada, Saka went back to school to become a personal support worker and spent more than 2,000 hours caring for sick and elderly patients in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of this work occurred during the deadly third and fourth waves of the virus.

She applied for permanent residency in Canada through a special program set up by former Liberal immigration minister Marco Mendicino. The program recognizes the “exceptional service” of failed and pending asylum seekers who’ve worked on the front lines of the pandemic by offering them an alternative pathway to residency.

But Saka’s application was rejected by an officer at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada because she didn’t meet one of the program’s basic requirements: having worked at least 120 hours between March 13, 2020 (the day pandemic travel restrictions were first introduced in Canada) and Aug. 14, 2020 (the day Mendicino announced the program).

Because the program was announced months after Saka went on leave, there was no way for her to know this decision would later be used to deny her residency. “Whenever I think about it I’m so depressed,” she said. Saka is appealing the decision to the Federal Court.

If Saka wins her case at the Federal Court, her application will be sent back to another immigration officer for reconsideration. Fraser could also intervene and allow her and her family to stay.

Whatever the outcome, Saka feels like she’s earned the right to remain in Canada. “I’ve worked for it and I’m still working,” she declared to Afrotimes News.

Source: Afrotimes Newspaper https://www.facebook.com/AfrotimesNewspaper/photos/a.119381757440035/123533187024892/

Ayed44:
So las las it's Buhari that will pick one. Not the delegates.

Buhari will pick one and the convention is over. The delegates are currently in Abuja only to waste their time.

kartelkid:
Please I need your advice on this topic; if you have experience. Which one generates more income. Thanks

robosky02:
What messi and ronaldo couldn't do in a season somebody in Africa did in 90 minutes



You get it

lalasticlala:
https://twitter.com/realamberheard/status/1532083776741842945

Previous thread https://www.nairaland.com/7156999/johnny-depp-wins-defamation-case

arthurwillia:
Lol

Dem Go soon query him gender now

senatordave1:
Did you see him with the mace?

Mokason288:

The wise speaks lesss

A fool talks too much

RENO you should be ashamed of yourself now.

If I benefited directly from this Useless BUhari, I will insist BUhari is Better

I know better now, all politicians are the same

Kobojunkie:
That boy man does not even look like an cross-country driver let alone an inter-country driver.

Kobojunkie:
From where?

Who told you truck drivers make enough to raise 33 kids?

Seri26:
Is NYSC a certificate require for senatorial post, just asking for a reason

onojaintegrity:
As Nigerians await the decision of the party delegates to determine who will be the flagbearers of the major political parties, valuation of the aspirants continues as more facts emerge on who is the most qualified person for the job of president come 2023.

In its efforts to present the best candidate to the people, Channels Television examined the manifestos of the top 12 presidential aspirants and discovered that the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has the most feasible plan to reform the country.

Bello was ranked first among the top 12 Presidential candidates in the popular Channels TV Data Analyst Babajide Ogunsanwo's Manifesto Review (Score Scale 1 - 5) on Equity and Accountability, Wealth Creation/Management, Education, Security, Power, and Industrialization.

The development strengthens some Nigerians' faith in the young governor, who has demonstrated a transparent approach to governance in Kogi State.

kenzysmith:
u go mumu try o

SARSCoV2:
But you disrespected 3 women without getting married to them.


Hommie just feels like a saint when high on Marijuana

Kingozymandias:
Based on whose metrics? You incredulously flawed ,biased and kindergarten standard ?

Please move along to the romance section where you hobbled cognitive capabilities are best suited and let the grown folk discourse more important issues

Kingozymandias:
You possess a rare disorder that makes you seek pity at every angle ,you are addicted to pity my dear.. do seek counseling if thou choseth

TomShelby:
Hunger fit make any food sweet for mouth

Kingozymandias:
I learned how to cook grandpa beans and uncle rice yesterday. You Gerrit? Instead of calling it poverty alleviation stew we give it clever nicknames to make our lives feel better

Zonefree:
You don't know how to cook and present food. Sorry no sorry.
Your food, the preparation and presentation always look like sacrifice for a violent god.


I'll advice you follow Chopchopfine, so you can learn some ethics of cooking.


Shalom.

watersideboys:
Oshimen does not respect his elders. Thread carefully with humility while at your peak, because you will become an elder one day

Emma2Seconds:
Indaboski bahose!!!

OlawaleBammie:
How much is vagina slicing??

LIGHTROOM:
This amagamation between Igbo and drugs is because a problem in this country.
The funny thing is that they bare funny names like
Brasil okafor
Cameroon chibuike
Singapore chima
Oke China
Russia odogwu
Peru chidubem

LagosToyota5:
Female Room mate/ girlfriend needed on the Lagos mainland by a friend.

All bills including your hair, cream, data etc on him

You must be of good behaviour o.

Said he is lonely and tired of living alone.

InoGetJoy:
atop is same thing as on top, but I don't expect you to know that

InoGetJoy:
hahahahahahahaha......you're speaking english atop skull-minery

InoGetJoy:
na waa o, you've analyzed his skull without even being near him. Wow. You guys really have a gift for skull-mining

InoGetJoy:
na waa o, you've analyzed his skull without even being near him. Wow. You guys really have a gift for skull-mining

SultanOfPuna:
Oh Lord, Protect Our Skulls

From the Eyes of our South-WASTE brothers.

CrownOfClay724:
Oge adiro

GREATIGBOMAN:
Auto pilot


He simply set auto pilot on