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Appeals Tribunal: Immigration Officials

Compassionate Grounds Dept: She cried with joy, praised God and applied to sponsor him to Canada as a permanent resident. In 2009, immigration officials turned her down. The reason: her income was too low, according to The Star. I pray that whoever is dealing with my son s case understands what it means to have lost a child for so many years and then to find him again, says Manneh, 40, who last saw her son, Samuel, in 1996 and for a decade, Toronto refugee Isatu Manneh mourned her 8-year-old son, who went missing during Liberia s bloody civil war. Then came news the deeply religious Manneh compares to a miracle: he was found alive. On Wednesday, Manneh appears before an immigration appeals tribunal in Toronto hoping to reverse the ruling on compassionate grounds. As reported in the news.
@t bloody civil war, immigration appeals