Romanian family’s dream of life in Canada ended tragically in waters off Akwesasne
Ivanyi said he was shocked to learn that Florin Iordache was only 28 when he died, because he had always seemed so much older. “It was clear that he felt the burden of having to keep his kids in Canada,” he said. “To give them, not just a better life, but to prevent them from having to live through all those terrible things that he and his wife had growing up.”
He said that after their asylum claim was rejected, the couple applied late last year for a pre-removal risk assessment in an attempt to show they faced danger if deported. When that was denied last month, they appealed and asked for a deferral of removal, on grounds that included their two young children’s medical conditions.
Achal Tyagi, superintendent of police for the city of Mehsana in Gujarat, told The Canadian Press the Chaudharis were regularly in touch with family back home, but the messages stopped about a week before their deaths. Family members were distraught to learn of the fatal mishap through news reports and social media, he said.
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