Refugee Protection Division

• ‘Please help me’: Okanagan woman issues desperate appeal as deportation looms

  Lea Thorne, a South African citizen, travelled to the Okanagan on a visitor's visa in 2013 — and never left.

  Jan 12, 2021
  
• ‘I will fight until I have no breath left’: Okanagan woman fights deportation

  In 2017, Thorne filed for refugee protection. She said she was the victim of sexual violence and fears for her life should she be forced to return home.

  Jul 15, 2019
  
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• Honduran man denied refugee status after failing to convince immigration officials he’s gay

  A Honduran man is set to be deported Tuesday after he failed to convince Canadian immigration officials to grant him refugee status on the basis of his sexuality. 

  Canada

  Nov 6, 2017