Canada won’t make family tortured in Libya pay fee from 2008 deportation.

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[url]http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/benhmuda-family-deported-to-torture-in-libya-has-fee-waived-1.2419098[/url]

[QUOTE]The Canadian government has done an about-face and agreed to waive thousands of dollars in fees for a family that was deported to Libya where the father was imprisoned and tortured.

Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander made the decision this week on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.

“In this extraordinary case, the [Citizenship and Immigration Canada] fee has been waived,” Kevin Menard, a spokesman for the minister, wrote in an email to CBC News on Thursday.
Adel and Aisha Benhmuda were given the good news in a phone call from their lawyer, Andrew Brouwer, who got the notice from the Canadian Embassy in Paris.

“I spoke with the family very early this morning [Thursday] when I got the email from Paris. Of course they were very, very delighted and relieved,” he told CBC News.
Last month the family had been told they would have to pay $6,800 to cover the cost of deporting them to Libya in the first place.

“We were just very pleased that the minister has done the right thing and decided to waive the fees. It was really unconscionable to be asking them to pay this in the first place.”

[I]Visa officer biased, judge rules[/I]

Adel Benhmuda and his family fled Libya in 2000 and settled in Mississauga, Ont. Adel said the family was in danger and faced persecution because his brother was linked to a group opposed to the regime of then dictator Moammar Gadhafi.[/QUOTE]

Now lets wish this man and his family luck on their future lawsuits.

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Pretty sure there's another article in there that says they were allowed back into Canada. Didn't know that denying a refugee claim is illegal so I don't see how they could sue in the future. I know the guy got tortured and all but I don't see how this is the fault of the Canadian government.

That being said, still a dick move deporting them.

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That being said, still a dick move deporting them.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]But a visa officer with the Canadian Embassy in Rome rejected that idea, alleging the family had been a welfare drain after arriving in Canada. That was not the case.[/QUOTE]

For a terrible reason.