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Wafaa Abdou Dept: Thursday morning, officials at the detention centre where his wife, Wafaa Abdou, is being held told Ian Wilkie she will be deported after a pre-removal risk assessment determined there was no danger to her in her home country, according to CBC. Abdou, Wilkie and their three children came to Canada after they fled Syria's civil war nearly two years ago. Wilkie, a Canadian citizen, tried to sponsor his wife's immigration immediately. They were told to seek refugee status instead, a process which eventually led to a Jan. 14 appointment where Abdou was interrogated and told her claim had been denied and A Hamilton man's wife is set to be deported to Egypt, despite an outpouring of support from the community and government officials like MP David Christopherson. "She's still here and we're confident she'll be here for awhile," Wilkie said Saturday. "We're working with our lawyer. There's still time for us to take action." The three children of Wafaa Abdou hold her picture. She has been held at a jail in Rexdale, Ont. since mid-January awaiting deportation. Supplied (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.