Jailed in #Canada, unwanted by Iraq, refugee struggles for way out of legal limbo
Ayad Alshammery has been imprisoned without charge for nearly five years.
He is waiting to be deported. But Iraq, the country of his birth, won’t take him back. He is stuck, perhaps permanently. He thinks he will die in prison.
There are eight men in Canadian prisons who have been held without charge for more than three years, according to the Immigration and Refugee Board. Another 58 people have been held for more than a year. In the United States, those awaiting deportation cannot be held beyond what’s known as a presumptive period, usually 90 days – but in Canada there’s no clear limit. People awaiting deportation can be imprisoned for lengthy periods even if they aren’t charged with a crime.
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