Media Advisory - Demonstrations to be held across Canada to protest the pending deportation of Abdoul Abdi

TORONTO, March 6, 2018 /CNW/ - Demonstrations will be held across the country to demand justice for Abdoul Abdi. Abdoul Abdi is a former government-sponsored child refugee and ward of the state. He is being threatened with deportation because officials neglected to apply for his citizenship while he was in the care of the child welfare system.

What: Nation-Wide Demonstrations
When: Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Time: 12:00 p.m., local time

Toronto: Constituency Office of Citizenship and Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, 99D Ingram Drive, Toronto
Halifax: 1726 Hollis Street, Province House
Ottawa: Office of the Minister for Public Safety Ralph Goodale, 269 Laurier Avenue West
Regina: Constituency Office of the Minister for Public Safety Ralph Goodale, 310 University Park Drive

#FreeAbdoulAbdi

SOURCE Black Lives Matter Canada

Halifax: El Jones 902-402-1000, Ottawa: Bilan Arte 613-882-7654, Toronto: Ravyn Wngz 647-710-3669, Regina: David Gray-Donald 514-246-3415