{"id":1901,"date":"2013-01-28T05:17:07","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T09:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/?p=1901"},"modified":"2014-04-24T12:19:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T16:19:59","slug":"update-sami-sheikh-is-accepted-in-canada-as-a-permanent-resident-and-will-not-be-deported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidarityacrossborders.org\/en\/update-sami-sheikh-is-accepted-in-canada-as-a-permanent-resident-and-will-not-be-deported","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Sami Sheikh is accepted in Canada as a permanent resident and will not be deported!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>January 28, 2013, Montreal — Montreal resident Sami Sheikh, who has lived in Parc-Extension for 12 years and was facing a possible deportation to Pakistan, has learned that he will be able to stay in Canada.<\/p>\n

Sami was informed in writing by Canadian immigration authorities late last week that his new request to stay in Canada on humanitarian grounds was accepted. He has been approved in principle for permanent residency.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank everyone for their organizing. It\u2019s because of their support that I received this positive response,\u201d<\/em> stated Sami during a meeting with supporters in Parc Extension this weekend.<\/p>\n

Sami was highlighting the impressive mobilizing of community members and organizations who came together to publicly demand that Sami stay in the community he has known since arriving here as a child.<\/p>\n

While celebrating Sami\u2019s ability to stay in Canada, Sami and his supporters are also drawing attention to the many other people living in Montreal, and elsewhere in Canada, who face deportation on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

In the words of Stewart Istvanffy, Sami\u2019s lawyer: \u201cWe hope people will come out and fight for other cases where children and youth are forcibly removed to countries they don\u2019t know due to extremist Canadian deportation policies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sami Sheikh and his supporters will be celebrating the good news this Friday, February 1st at an informal \u201c5 \u00e0 7\u201d at Caf\u00e9 L\u2019Art\u00e8re in Parc-Extension. The Caf\u00e9 was the site of a press conference in support of Sami in December.<\/p>\n

INFO (and media inquiries):
\ntel: 438-933-7654<\/a>
\ne-mail: solidaritesansfrontieres@gmail.com<\/wbr><\/a>
\nweb: www.SamiChezNous.ca<\/a>
\ntwitter: @SolidariteMTL<\/a>
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January 28, 2013, Montreal — Montreal resident Sami Sheikh, who has lived in Parc-Extension for 12 years and was facing a possible deportation to Pakistan, has learned that he will be able to stay in Canada. Sami was informed in…<\/p>\n

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