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Deborah Adegboye says she, her husband and first child were fleeing religious persecution in their home country when they entered Canada as asylum-seekers via Roxham Road.

MONTREAL - Community groups gathered outside the federal immigration minister's office in Montreal this mornin...

Community groups gathered outside the federal immigration ministers office in Montreal this morning to demand a stop to next months planned deportation of a local family originally from Nigeria.

MONTREAL - With one week left before her familys scheduled deportation from Canada, Deborah Adegboye stood outside of the federal immigration ministers Montreal office on Friday pleading for a chance

MONTREAL - With one week left before her familys scheduled deportation from Canada, Deborah Adegboye stood outside of the federal immigration ministers Montreal office on Friday pleading for a chance

A Montreal family faces deportation to Nigeria, where, as Christians, they lived under threat of human rights abuses and targeted persecution.

Little has changed as a result of barring the irregular border crossing. But one thing that has changed is the political context for Premier François Legault and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Newly released figures from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada show the federal government spent more than $100 million housing asylum seekers at hotels.

The move comes amid increasing pressure from Quebecs government for Ottawa to do more to mitigate the provinces inflow of asylum seekers

As the Quebec government begins the process of appealing a ruling that grants asylum seekers access to publicly funded daycare, it is asking for a stay to prevent anyone from getting a spot while the legal process is ongoing.