I have a bunch of stories from Canada and its Somali problem today. I’ll try to get them posted back to back this morning.
Here is the first from the Winnipeg Sun: Somali criminal on the lam after “sucking in a naïve and somewhat delusional immigration official hook-line-and-sinker.” Ho hum, so what else is new.
A dangerous Somali refugee with a history of violence who was released in Winnipeg last month by an immigration official is on the lam, the Winnipeg Sun has learned.
A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for Mohamed Said Jama, the Somali refugee slated for deportation last fall but returned to Canada after a failed attempt to remove him.
[…..]
Jama, who was released Feb. 5 by Immigration and Refugee Board member Leeann King following a hearing, was supposed to check in with CBSA officials on the first Wednesday of each month.
But he failed to make his first appearance March 3 and CBSA officials have been unable to determine his whereabouts.
[…..]
Jama was freed on statutory release from prison in 2008 after he was convicted of assault with a weapon, aggravated assault and robbery. Jama took part in a violent home invasion where he stabbed a man in the face.
He had numerous offences prior to that.
[…..]
Meanwhile, while awaiting deportation, Jama was relentlessly pursuing his release from custody in Winnipeg by trying to convince the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada he was not a threat to society and not a flight risk.
His wish came true.
As we reported Wednesday, Jama succeeded in doing so when he came across a soft Immigration and Refugee Board member — Leeann King from British Columbia — who presided over the Feb. 5 hearing.
King concluded Jama was not a threat to society nor a flight risk. She was wrong.
He obviously had no intention of sticking around to see what might happen with his deportation order.
And at the first opportunity — after sucking in a naïve and somewhat delusional immigration official hook-line-and-sinker — he took off. Big surprise. Nice going, Ms. King.