Immigration Detention: Nova Institution and Drug Trafficking

immigration detention: Fliss Cramman reacts after being told she will not be deported to Britain after an intervention by federal Immigration Minister John McCallum, according to CBC. Jack Julian/CBC Cramman, who suffers from a serious medical condition, was taken into custody by the Canadian Border Services Agency after her August release from the Nova Institution for Women in Truro, N.S. The mother of four suffered a perforated bowel while in immigration detention at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Dartmouth. The 33-year-old woman, who came to Canada at the age of eight, was facing deportation from Canada as early as Dec. 16 due to convictions for drug trafficking, break and enter and possessing stolen property. Unprecedented move On Friday, Immigration Minister John McCallum intervened in her case on compassionate grounds, according to her lawyer, John ONeill, and Emma Halpern, a lawyer with the Elizabeth Fry Society. Fliss Cramman wipes away tears after being informed she will not be deported to the United Kingdom. In what they call an unprecedented move, McCallum ordered Cramman Canadian permanent residency status to be immediately restored and for her to be released from immigration custody. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.