Almrei v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)
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Chief Justice: Beverley McLachlin |
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Almrei v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) (2006), part of the security certificate trilogy[1], is a pending decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the detainment of suspected terrorists on security certificates.
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[edit] Background
Hassan Almrei is a foreign national who was granted refugee status in Canada in June of 2000. It was later reported that Almrei was potentially involved with a terrorist network that supported Osama bin Laden and was further involved in forging travel documentation. Almrei was arrested on October 19 of 2001 on a security certificate and has been in custody to this day. The cretificate has since been upheld as valid by the Federal Court.
In December of 2001 the government attempted to have Almrei declared a "danger to Canadian security" thereby be deported to Syria. In December of 2003 the declaration was given. Almrei sought judicial review of the decision to deport him and a stay was granted in November of 2003.
In October 2005, the case was given leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. The hearing is scheduled to take place June 14th as the second of three hearings including the case of Adil Charkaoui on the 13th and Mohamed Harkat (2005 FCA 285) on the 15th.
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- ^ was heard along with Charkaoui v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), and Harkat v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)
