The Terminal
Even if you haven't seen the movie "The Terminal" with Tom Hanks, you have probably heard of it.
It's the story of how an East European immigrant is stuck at JFK airport and ends up living there.
Well, an Iranian woman who has been living in Moscow's international airport for the last nine months continues to be in legal limbo as she seeks asylum in Canada.
Zahra Kamalfar, who was granted refugee status by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Office in late November, said she wants to go to Canada with her two children.
She said her brother has been living in Vancouver since he fled Iran as a refugee more than a decade ago.
Zahra's lawyers said she's applied for asylum in Canada but there's been no response, leaving her stranded at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport.
"I want to go Canada because I want go someplace that is good place, that is good place for future [of] my child," she told CBC News.
"Canada is number one in the world because person from Canada is very nice and they understand respect," her 18-year-old daughter Anna said.
Her lawyers said she arrived in Russia nearly two years ago, after fleeing Iran during a prison sentence.
She took her two children, got phony travel papers and left for Canada, via Russia and Germany.
She got to Germany but was caught and sent back to Russia.
Zahra said Russian officials have tried to deport her, and her two children, back to Iran. She said they won't allow her to leave the airport, where her family must sleep on the floor in public, and use a sink in a public washroom to bathe.
I don't know why Canada is dragging its feet? They have an expedited procedure where they could process her in 72 hours, but so far, nothing!
FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, SOMEONE DO SOMETHING FOR THIS WOMAN!
Your "lost in limbo" scribe;
Allan W Janssen
It's the story of how an East European immigrant is stuck at JFK airport and ends up living there.
Well, an Iranian woman who has been living in Moscow's international airport for the last nine months continues to be in legal limbo as she seeks asylum in Canada.
Zahra Kamalfar, who was granted refugee status by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Office in late November, said she wants to go to Canada with her two children.
She said her brother has been living in Vancouver since he fled Iran as a refugee more than a decade ago.
Zahra's lawyers said she's applied for asylum in Canada but there's been no response, leaving her stranded at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport.
"I want to go Canada because I want go someplace that is good place, that is good place for future [of] my child," she told CBC News.
"Canada is number one in the world because person from Canada is very nice and they understand respect," her 18-year-old daughter Anna said.
Her lawyers said she arrived in Russia nearly two years ago, after fleeing Iran during a prison sentence.
She took her two children, got phony travel papers and left for Canada, via Russia and Germany.
She got to Germany but was caught and sent back to Russia.
Zahra said Russian officials have tried to deport her, and her two children, back to Iran. She said they won't allow her to leave the airport, where her family must sleep on the floor in public, and use a sink in a public washroom to bathe.
I don't know why Canada is dragging its feet? They have an expedited procedure where they could process her in 72 hours, but so far, nothing!
FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, SOMEONE DO SOMETHING FOR THIS WOMAN!
Your "lost in limbo" scribe;
Allan W Janssen
Labels: asylum, moscow airport, refugee, Zahra Kamalfar
posted by Allan W Janssen | 9:27 a.m.
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