FRIDAY: Community rally in solidarity with the Sheikh family

Sami, Ashrah & Sabrina-------------------------------
Friday, July 17 2PM, 2009
Parc de la place de la gare Jean Talon
corner Jean Talon & Parc
(Parc metro)
Montreal, Quebec
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On Wednesday July 14th, Sabir Mohammed and Seema Sheikh, originally from Karachi, Pakistan, were uprooted from their home and deported to the U.S. where they still face deportation to Pakistan.

The Sheikh family has arduously worked to rebuild a vibrant life in their Parc-Extension neighbourhood since obtaining refugee status in 2001. Now, Canadian immigration authorities have abruptly ended their new life here.

Today, Ashrah Sheikh (26 years), Tayyaba Sheikh (23 years), Sami Sheikh (21 years) and Canadian-born Sabrina Sheikh (5 years), have been forced to make a life for themselves in Montreal without their parents. Canada’s deportation of Sabir Mohammed Sheikh and Seema Sheikh is in clear violation of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child to which Canada is a signatory.

Today we are demanding that Canada’s Immigration Minister reunite the Sheikh family and grant them status now!

* For more information:

Immigrant Workers Center:
Tel: 514.342.2111
Web: http://www.iwc-cti.ca

Solidarity Across Borders :
http://www.solidarityacrossborders.org
solidaritesansfrontieres@gmail.com
514.848.7583