Supreme Court: Home Country

supreme court: His lawyer says he followed the rules when he made two return trips home, but now that Canada's immigration laws have changed, he's caught in a legal limbo, according to CBC. He's a law-abiding refugee who is now being told to get lost, said Doug Cannon, who has filed for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, questioning whether or not refugees are equal to other immigrants. Nilam, 36, came to Vancouver during a raging civil war in his home country in 2008. Tamil migrants look over the side of the MV Sun Sea which was intercepted off the coast of B.C. in 2010. Those changes allow the government to revoke permanent residency status for settled refugees, if the person travels back to their home country, uses their old passport or applies for a new passport. Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press The case could affect hundreds of other refugees impacted by legislative changes made by the Conservative government in 2012. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.