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Deportation and Federal Court

Federal Court: Despite family, friends and supporters appealing for Ottawa to stop the deportation of Farai Chigogora, his stay of removal was rejected Tuesday morning at the Federal Court in downtown Toronto. , according to Hamilton Spectator. Chigogora deportation stems from a 2012 home invasion in Cayuga, for which he pleaded guilty to theft under $5,000. He served 15 months in jail. A 21-year-old Hamilton man was unable to have his deportation by the federal government halted and is on his way back to Zimbabwe. "Everyone is pretty upset," said his friend Riaz Sayani-Mulji, who is a youth advocate and law student. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.