Legacy Refugees: Ekelemu and Tomorrow Morning

legacy refugees: But more than five years on, Ekelemu still doesn't know whether she'll be allowed to stay, or deported to the country she thought she'd left behind, according to CBC. I don't want to be called tomorrow morning and be told, 'Margaret you have to go back home.' I have a life here.'- Margaret Ekelemu Ekelemu is one of an estimated 5,600 so-called legacy refugees, claimants who've been waiting four years or more for a hearing to find out if they can become Canadian citizens. She became a registered practical nurse at a retirement home, joined her church choir and built a circle of close friends in Ottawa. They came seeking a better life, but instead they're living in limbo, their futures uncertain. It's been a long process, she said. Ekelemu appealed the original decision turning down her application and was granted a second hearing, but because of a backlog she's still waiting. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.