United States and Aviva Basman of Refugee Law Office

unaccompanied minor: By law, Canada no longer accepts refugees who come through the United States. But his lawyers say the boy is an unaccompanied minor and should be allowed into Canada to claim refugee status. "It is a terrifying prospect for him to go to the United States where he doesn't know what will happen to him." Aviva Basman of the Refugee Law Office in Toronto called it "outrageous" that Mohammed was not only denied entry but was detained in isolation for three weeks at an Immigration holding centre in Rexdale. "Everyone who involved in Mohammed case has found the way CBSA treated him quite shocking," she told CBC News. "We're talking about a 16-year-old Syrian boy who just trying to find protection." Mohammed has since been released from the centre and is being housed at Romero House, a shelter for refugees, according to Huffington Post Canada. Family felt Canada a safe place He met with a CBC reporter and, in broken English, described his time in isolation. "I don't sleep good, I dream," he said. "Three weeks in detention, I'm feeling sad and I cry all the time. Last week officials with the Canadian Border Services Agency ordered the boy deported. The room, the iron on the windows, I'm afraid." He said he was allowed outside a half hour each day. I want to go to school. The rest of his time he said watched television or tried to sleep. "I want to stay here. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.