Immigration Refugee Board and Federal Building Bay

: As a final plea, the Hamilton family and dozens of supporters rallied on Friday in front of the Federal Building at 55 Bay St, according to Hamilton Spectator. N. to bring their case, urgently, to the attention Immigration Minister Chris Alexander. "I have nobody there; I don't know anybody. On Monday, Khalil application for residency, based on humanitarian and compassionate grounds, was denied by the Immigration and Refugee Board. My whole family is here in Canada," said Khalil, adding she has more than 75 extended family members here, most in Hamilton. Khalil also is concerned her sons will be unable to attend a Lebanese public school because they do not have the appropriate Arabic accreditation. Khalil, 47, and her two sons Mathieu, 16, and Marc Esso, 17, fear that returning to the small Middle Eastern country beside Syria will be dangerous with the threat of ISIL and that they will face persecution as Syrian Christians. "My daughter stays up crying at night because she is worried for their safety," said Khalil cousin, Fadia Corie. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.