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Jama: Somali-Canadian

Jama Dept: Video: Kenyans attack ethnic Somalis in Nairobi, according to Globe and Mail. His deportation order was issued last fall, two years after he got out of prison. In a June interview with The , the first of several, Mr. Jama said he was resigned to his fate due to report to Edmonton s airport on July 22. But something chewed at him. He d held down a job and swore he wasn t dealing drugs. And yet his fate was inevitable. He couldn t atone and video: Guard accused of exchanging drugs for sex at Ontario jail Reuters video video Mr. Jama is among what some fear is a lost generation of Somali-Canadian young men. About two dozen have been killed in Alberta over the past half-decade, overwhelmingly Canadian-raised and involved in drugs. Somalis call them the ciyaal baraf , or children of the snow. It s a kind of insult neither truly Somali nor truly Canadian. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.