Press conference for Dammika Kumara Tissawalangumndiyanselage (Kuma), a Sri Lankan man and 5-year resident of Dartmouth facing a deportation order currently slated for this Saturday.
recorded by pierre loiselle
Dammika Kumara Tissawalangumndiyanselage (Kuma), a Sri Lankan man and 5-year resident of Dartmouth, faces a deportation order currently slated for this Saturday. The Halifax office of the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) will be proceeding with Kuma'â¢s deportation, currently scheduled for May 19th, 2007, to war-torn Sri Lanka.
Kuma, currently married to a Canadian citizen, has been living and working in Halifax for five years. He was originally scheduled for deportation on May 11th, however the order was delayed due to the fact that the only international airport in the country has been closed as a result air attacks by the Tamil Tigers. His deportation represents a disturbing and repressive act on the part of immigration officials, due to the dangerous situation to which he and his wife would be subjected in Sri Lanka.
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