One day before he was set to be deported to Kenya, Charles Mwangi was granted temporary residency.
Mwangi, 48, fled his home to Canada five years ago to escape persecution since he is bisexual, and Kenya criminalized same-sex relationships.
"I'm so happy today, we have won. My deportation has been cancelled and I'm calling on the government to regularize anyone who is undocumented because this journey is not a joke, it's a nightmare," Mwangi said in a release issued Saturday. He was scheduled to be deported on Sunday morning. Mwangi and his supporters protested his deportation order earlier this week, outside of his local MP Judy Sgro's office, to fight for his right to stay. He eventually pleaded his case inside his MP's office and delivered the petition – of which more than 4,600 people signed, imploring the federal government to step in and halt the deportation order.
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