Last week, Justice Ann Marie McDonald sent the matter back for "redetermination” by a different delegate of the public safety minister.
Abdi, who was born in Saudi Arabia in 1993, lost his mother in a refugee camp when he was four and came to Canada with his sister and aunts two years later. He was taken into provincial care shortly after arriving in Canada.
He was moved between foster homes 31 times. He lost his native language and developed behavioural problems that advocates say
were not adequately treated. Those issues led to problems with the justice system and his non-citizenship put him at risk of deportation.
Abdi’s case has prompted supporters to call on the Nova Scotia government to intervene on his behalf, and sparked protests at events with federal leaders including a town hall earlier this year with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Lower Sackville, N.S.
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Federal government won't pursue deportation of Abdoul Abdi, minister says
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says the federal government will not pursue the deportation of former Somali child refugee Abdoul Abdi.