20 October 2004 – Suicide of Katalin’s oldest son following racist incident with police<\/p>\n
2005 – Katalin launches complaint against Hungarian police for driving her son to suicide; intense police harassment begins.<\/p>\n
February 2011 – Near death of second son (Gilda’s older brother) following racially-motivated medical neglect.<\/p>\n
14 June 2011 – Family arrives in Canada, applies for asylum.<\/p>\n
April 2015 – Refugee demand refused.<\/p>\n
22 September 2015 – Application on humanitarian grounds filed.<\/p>\n
30 October 2015 – Family ordered deported. They remain in Canada.<\/p>\n
3 March 2016 – Arrest of father and son, now undocumented, in routine police check of car they are travelling in. They are detained at the Laval Immigration Detention Centre.<\/p>\n
8 March – Katalin and Gilda, 16-years old at the time, voluntarily turn themselves in to CBSA. They are detained at the Laval Immigration Detention Centre.<\/p>\n
11 March – Deportation of father and son.<\/p>\n
17 March – Katalin and Gilda are released from detention by the Immigration and Refugee Board.<\/p>\n
11 May – On eve of new deportation date (12 May 2016), the federal Minister of Immigration recognizes “exceptional circumstances” and grants a Temporary Resident Permit – but only for two months.<\/p>\n
14 July – Katalin and Gilda apply to renew TRP; lawyer confirms that they can legally remain in Canada until they obtain response on renewal application.<\/p>\n
16 July – TRP expired.<\/p>\n
28 July – Meeting with CBSA.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
20 October 2004 – Suicide of Katalin’s oldest son following racist incident with police 2005 – Katalin launches complaint against Hungarian police for driving her son to suicide; intense police harassment begins. February 2011 – Near death of second son…<\/p>\n