Peculiar Case: Sole Custody

Josette Dept: After two days of hearings, the Court of Appeal reserved its decision Wednesday, according to The Star. Josette was granted refugee status last May based on a claim she was abused by her mother. She was living with an aunt in Toronto. Following a subsequent court order she was seized from her high school in October and returned to her mother, Marlen Issasi Rodriguez, who claimed the girl was illegally retained in Canada and in a peculiar case that highlights the competing rights of children, parents and refugees, a dozen lawyers argued in a Toronto court this week over whether a 13-year-old refugee was wrongfully removed from Canada and should be allowed to return. Should it rule in favour of Josette Rosenzweig Issasi, now 14, the question is: How to bring back the girl, a non-citizen whose mother has sole custody of her in Cancun, Mexico. As reported in the news.
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