An Ottawa personal support worker whose family fled Rwanda three years after her husband ran afoul of the government faces imminent deportation back to her…
The woman, 50, a nurse in Rwanda, re-qualified as a personal support worker in Ottawa and worked full-time at a local retirement home.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
Caroline Gélineault, a social service worker at the Centretown Community Health Centre, has issued a public appeal on the family’s behalf: She said it makes no sense to send a PSW back to Rwanda given the state of Canada’s health care system.The two children, 14 and 11, speak both French and English, and attend a francophone school while the bilingual mother works full-time as a PSW to support the family. They lived in Overbrook.
The family has asked that its name not be published for fear of what might happen to them if they’re returned to Rwanda. The family was issued a removal order in August with an effective date of Sept. 10. The day before they were scheduled to be flown back to Rwanda, the family tried to escape into the United States, but they were stopped at the border and apprehended.
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