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Canada brings deported gangster back "home"

By immlawyer

Can't summarize better than the National Post:Panchalingam Nagalingam, who was deported in 2005 because of his involvement in a violent Toronto street gang, arrived back on Tuesday morning, and Canadian officials say they facilitated and paid for his return. The circumstances have one official lamenting that the government is "in the business of putting gangs and gangsters out of business, not in bringing them back to Canada."This 2007 Toronto Star article discusses Mr. Nagalingam's case and the original (successful) Federal Court decision that had allowed Mr. Nagalingam's application (it was that decision that was recently set aside by the Federal...

Full post as published by Canadian Immigration Blawg on March 01, 2009 (boomark / email).