British Columbia climate activist Zain Haq and his wife Sophia Papp are facing a potential deportation on Saturday. They blame Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) for losing Haq's spousal application for permanent residency, leading to the reactivation of his removal order. Papp, a Canadian citizen, says the IRCC offered no valid explanation for the refusal and claims Haq could become the first non-violent climate activist deported from Canada. The couple, who have been married for two years, plan to move to Pakistan if Haq is deported.
VANCOUVER — British Columbia climate activist Zain Haq and his wife Sophia Papp are planning to live together in Pakistan if his threatened deportation proceeds on Saturday, and blame his imminent expulsion on bureaucratic failings by immigration officials.
But Papp, a Canadian, says Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada then lost the application, and Canada Border Services Agency reactivated the removal order. Papp says that if her husband is deported on Saturday, he could be the first non-violent climate activist to be removed from Canada, which she says is"shameful and inappropriate."
"This is not proper. I am a Canadian citizen. I have the right to live with the spouse of my choosing, whose convictions towards non-violent climate activism have led us here because of mistakes Canada's government."
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