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The complicated journey of the Benhmuda family has ended nicely, as they are allowed to return to Canada. The authorities made a declaration on Friday, announcing that Canadian immigration officials have recently agreed on letting the Benhmuda family return to Canada on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. This decision has lifted an almost more than four years of exile on the family, which previously lost their refugee status and was deported to Libya back in 2008.
44-yeras-old Adel Benhmuda alleged, while living in Malta, that “this is a victory,” and “we were all crying and screaming with joy.” Furthermore, he exemplified his family’s feeling during a phone interview, saying that “you know the feeling of coming home after many years of fighting? That’s how we feel.” The Benhmuda family apparently fought to eradicate torture and were ousted themselves by Canadian immigration officials for labeling the Federal Court ruling as biased on last October. Consequently, Benhmuda, along with his wife and four children, were deported back to Libya, amid the country’s turmoil by the hands of dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Benhmuda claims that he was detained right after landing in Tripoli, after which he has twice been jailed for nearly six months on two separate occasions.
He explains that soon after the family fled and tried to find peace at the island of Malta. A request was forwarded by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to Canada around February 2011, recommending to resettle the family as refugees. Consequently, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney assured to entertain the request of family’s return to Canada due to “every humanitarian consideration.”
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