N.S. man facing deportation to Somalia to be released, lawyer says
HALIFAX — The lawyer for a young man who has spent most of his life in Canada but is now facing deportation to Somalia says his client will soon be released from detention.
Benjamin Perryman says the Immigration and Refugee Board has ordered Abdoul Abdi to be released from custody.
Abdi was six years old when he arrived in Nova Scotia as a refugee from the war-torn, African country.
He went to live with his aunt, who didn’t speak English, and was soon apprehended by the Nova Scotia government and put into foster care.