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Jonathan Nicola and Immigration Refugee Board

Catholic Central Secondary School: I am not a liar person, Nicola recently told an Immigration and Refugee Board hearing via video conference, according to Globe and Mail. I did not come here to harm any people or do something bad. For the time being, however, Jonathan Nicola will remain behind bars after an immigration official ruled that he cannot be trusted. Nicola arrived in Canada on Nov. 23, 2015, and was issued a study permit to attend Catholic Central Secondary School in Windsor, Ont., which had offered him an athletic scholarship, according to board documents. However, the fiction unravelled after he applied in December for an American visa so he could travel to the States to play basketball with his high school team, government lawyer Kelly Cutting told the April 19 detention review. Both his passport and study-permit application state his date of birth as Nov. 25, 1998, meaning he would be 17 years old. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.