Order Ottawa: Hong Kong and Deportation Orders

order ottawa: Lawyer Michael Simkin says there are fears the families could be arrested any day, making it more difficult to have them resettled in Canada, according to CTV. The families, originally from Sri Lanka and the Philippines, have so far been denied asylum in Hong Kong, and launched appeals Monday to have deportation orders against them lifted. The lawyers have asked a Federal Court judge to order Ottawa to live up to it obligations to protect refugees, and process the families' claims immediately. They gained notoriety last year when their existence was revealed in Oliver Stone's film Snowden, and have since faced political persecution in Hong Kong, says lawyer Marc-Andre Seguin. The group said Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen committed to expedite processing of the refugee application in early May, but that the Canadian consulate reported on July 7 that their files had not been fast-tracked. A Montreal-based not-for-profit, For the Refugees, filed to sponsor the families in January after raising funds from private donors to support them. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.