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Canada: Muslim asylum seeker sues government over “humiliating” 5-year imprisonment

Oct 4, 2017 9:55 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

A Somali asylum seeker has launched a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the Canadian government for his “humiliating” detention.”

Why not? Former Gitmo detainee Omar Khadr got away with murder, maiming and 10.5 million dollars of taxpayer money.

In a 2015 report, the National Post pointed out that “if Abdirahmaan Warssama signs a piece of paper, he can get out of the high-security prison where he has spent the last five years. But he won’t sign it….as a non-citizen convicted of crimes, he was found inadmissible to Canada and ordered deported in 2009.”

His refusal to sign and subsequent incarceration left him in a kind of limbo with the Canadian Border Service Agency, which faced a dilemma on what to do with him. Now Warssama is suing the government for millions, on top the hundreds of thousands already spent in keeping him incarcerated.

The message has been sent that it is a lucrative business to hold Canada hostage under accusations of  difficult and “humiliating” detentions. There will always be those who will fight and support such cases, disregarding the fact that Canada has a history of accommodating hard-working, peaceful immigrants who have long integrated without a problem, without entitlements and without presenting any danger to the public.

Abdirahmaan Warsamma’s lawyer argues that “in his homeland, Warssama faced a nightmare of violence and torture.” That’s sad, but does this mean that every Western country must fling open its borders to every every single Muslim refugee from every war-torn foreign land, regardless of each individual’s values?

“Asylum-seeker sues federal government over ‘humiliating’ 5-year imprisonment”, by Nicholas Keung, Toronto Star, October 1, 2017:

A Toronto man, who was held in immigration detention for five-and-a-half years, has launched a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Ottawa.

Abdirahmaan Warssama, 54, was detained at two maximum security detention facilities, first in Toronto and later in Lindsay, Ont., from May 2010 to December 2015 while waiting for his deportation to Somalia.

Over 2,042 days behind bars, he underwent more than 70 detention reviews but each time an independent panel sent him back to jail, convinced he was likely to flee and fail to appear for his removal — until a Federal Court judge overturned his continued detention and ordered Ottawa to explore the possibility of returning Warssama to Somalia and consider alternatives to detention.

“The sole purpose of his detention was to facilitate his removal from Canada to Somalia. Yet for the totality of his detention, removal to Somalia was never attempted,” said Warssama’s statement of claim against the federal government filed with the court Thursday. He is seeking $55 million in damages.

“Despite the fact (that) he suffered from mental health issues, his detention was solely administrative not punitive, and he was not considered a danger to the public, yet at all material times, Warssama was detained in a maximum-security prison.”

The claims have not been proven in court. The Attorney General of Canada, the defendant, has declined to comment because of the ongoing court process. No statement of defence has yet been filed.

While incarcerated, Warssama alleged in the lawsuit, he was subjected to “humiliating and degrading experiences,” including being strip-searched, physically assaulted, robbed, denied warm clothing and health care, forced to endure freezing temperatures, unsanitary living conditions and lengthy and numerous lockdowns.

Warssama came to Canada for asylum in 1989 but the claim was denied in the same year. He was allowed to stay in Canada on humanitarian grounds — partially due to his diagnosis with post-traumatic stress disorder. However, he kept moving around and never obtained his permanent residence status.

In 2005 and 2006, he was arrested and charged with assault, failing to appear and uttering threats, for which he received a suspended sentence and 18 months’ probation, as well as a day in jail and 87 days pre-sentence custody. Since he’s neither a permanent resident nor citizen, his criminality made him inadmissible to Canada.

Warssama’s lawyer, Subodh Bharati, said the Canada Border Services Agency had a policy of not forcibly removing people to Somalia and would only deport someone to African country if the person was willing to sign a “voluntary statutory declaration” indicating one’s genuine desire to return….

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  1. WPM says

    Oct 4, 2017 at 10:02 am

    Deport him now he has been convicted as a violent felon {assault} and noncitizen without green card status .

  2. Alarmed Pig Farmer says

    Oct 4, 2017 at 12:32 pm

    The Canadian economy has been strong lately, so they can afford to pay a string of multimillion dollar settlements to aggrieved Mujahadin. An ancillary benefit to aggrieve Moslem is that it’ll teach the Canucks a lesson, keep them in their place (and lighter pockets).

  3. Tom says

    Oct 4, 2017 at 1:30 pm

    From what this article indicates it appears this guys fate was in his own hands from the beginning but he couldn’t be bothered to do what is necessary to be able to lawfully stay in Canada and then committed a criminal act which nullified him being able to remain.

    I hope the court sees this and stops this nonsense immediately.

  4. Dan says

    Oct 4, 2017 at 2:34 pm

    Shakespeare first said it.

    And as the Eagles paraphrased in their hit “Get Over it”

    The more I think about it ol’ Billy was right.

    Let’s kill all the lawyers.

    Kill ’em to night.

    • Matthew Graham says

      Oct 5, 2017 at 10:21 am

      Perfect Dan!

  5. brane pilot says

    Oct 4, 2017 at 3:37 pm

    As usual, immigration law is loop-holed to the point of irrelevance. A fraudulent ‘refugee’ cannot be deported if he does not sign a paper, and you can only hold him in jail until he has grounds to sue for millions, in which case eager lawyers are there for a cut of the take.

    If he collects $10 million for five years in jail, that is several hundred dollars per hour, 24 hours a day with free room and board. Not bad work if you can get it.

    The West needs to re-examine its Romper Room immigration laws if it is to survive.

  6. gravenimage says

    Oct 4, 2017 at 6:44 pm

    Canada: Muslim asylum seeker sues government over “humiliating” 5-year imprisonment
    ……………………

    This Mohammedan has a nasty history in Canada–including violence. And now he wants to take the Canadian taxpayers for as much as he can get. Typical Muslim–*Ugh*.

  7. Danforth says

    Oct 4, 2017 at 7:18 pm

    And, I suppose, he had no problem finding a lawyer with the Canadian taxpayer picking up his legal costs.

    How hard is it to arrange a one-way ticket to Somalia? How about putting him (and a few others scheduled for deportation) in a glider and pulling the release cable well out over the Atlantic?

  8. Douglas Reed says

    Oct 4, 2017 at 9:30 pm

    With respect to Omar Khadr, that which is rewarded, as in payment despite criminal activity, will be repeated, and with greater frequency.

  9. Telh says

    Oct 5, 2017 at 4:31 am

    Does anyone in the Canadian system have any guts? We must get tough with these people. Deport them to country of origin regardless.

    • PaulM says

      Oct 5, 2017 at 8:57 am

      No, the legal system is gutless and trudeau and his goons are gutless. Just go ahead and give this douche bag asshole a few million. He will end up with it anyway, this will stop us from having to listen to the ass wipe leftist media clowns go on for weeks on end defending and supporting this scum.

  10. John Forbes says

    Oct 5, 2017 at 5:34 am

    The WAR ON the WEST rages & very few seem aware ! MUSLIM JUSTIN will probably find a way to pay this character another few million as he shoves Canada with His SOROS & MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD relentlessly pushing towards SHARIA !

    More Canadian funds for the FIFTH COLUMN & THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD & STILL MANY THING THEY ARE DEALING WITH A RACE ISSUE !

    IT IS THE WAR OF ISLAM AGAINST THE WESTERN DEMOCRACIES THAT BOTH ISLAM & THE LEFT HATES !
    AS THE WEST THROWS THEIR FAITH TOTALLY OUT OF THE BOAT THEY HAVE THROWN ANY UNDERSTANDING OF RELIGIOUS FANATICISM AWAY & ARE TOTALLY DISTRACTED BY THEIR HATRED & DO NOT REALIZE THAT GAYS & PEOPLE OF OTHER FAITHS & ALL NON BELIEVERS WILL BE A TARGET SHOULD SHARIA EVER WINT OUT !

  11. Jerry says

    Oct 5, 2017 at 6:13 am

    Canadians only deserve the government they choose to elect. It is not secret, that Canada now is socialist police state..

  12. Nigel GFF says

    Oct 5, 2017 at 9:52 am

    Canada O Canada, where are you going? You’ve forgotten so much.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41506700

  13. Politicianaphobia says

    Oct 5, 2017 at 10:35 am

    Stop them from coming in the first place. Problem solved.

  14. Andre says

    Oct 5, 2017 at 1:46 pm

    Nothing to worry about! Justin just called; he said the cheque is in the mail.
    Man, are we screwed…

  15. Danforth says

    Oct 5, 2017 at 10:30 pm

    The Canadian Immigration Minister has just announced immigrants will only need to spend three years waiting for Canadian citizenship, not five as before (and variations to that effect).

    Just think of all the new Liberal (read Justin Trudeau) voters that have been created with a single swipe of a pen.That’s what it’s all about, isn’t it, Justin?

    He is doing nothing to stop the influx of ‘refugees’ that are crossing unhindered from the United States. They are afraid president Trump will deport these unwelcome guests back to their home countries. I understand the Mounted Police at the border are helping these poor souls with their luggage on arrival. They would not be doing this if they had not received their marching orders from much further up the chain of command.

    Canadians, give your heads a shake!!!

    • LeftisruiningCanada says

      Oct 7, 2017 at 3:24 pm

      “Canadians, give your heads a shake!!!”

      That happens almost constantly as one listens to the State mouthpiece, CBC radio.

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