A convicted cocaine trafficker ordered deported from Canada will be allowed to stay in the country until travelling to the United Kingdom carries less of a health risk.
Revell, a permanent resident who never obtained Canadian citizenship, was convicted of cocaine trafficking and possession in 2008 and sentenced to five years in prison. At the time, the Canada Border Services Agency decided against kicking him out of the country.
Shore agreed, also noting that Revell's co-operation with the deportation process left him with no reason to consider the Alberta resident a flight risk. "It's been really hard to get anything done during this time," Chantal Desloges, a Toronto-based immigration lawyer, told CTVNews.ca via telephone on Wednesday.
Desloges said the seriousness of Revell's criminal charges might explain why the CBSA attempted to press ahead with his deportation when almost all other proceedings have been paused.Even with proceedings on hold, those who have been ordered to leave the country are being monitored, Desloges said. They have to regularly check in with the government via a telephone landline that matches the number on their file, proving that they are where they are supposed to be.
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