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Legal challenge could allow refugees to stay after home country deemed safe

A 2012 law dictating that an ex-refugee’s permanent residency would depend on them keeping “protected-person status” after their arrival could soon be overturned.

Quinn Patrick
Aug 21, 2026
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A constitutional challenge launched by a man facing deportation may open the door to overturning the existing law regarding how refugees can come and go from the country they’re allegedly seeking asylum from.

Roman Slepcsik, the man who launched the challenge, entered Canada as a refugee in the 1990s from the Czech Republic but has since lost his status of permanent residence over making regular trips back to his home country.

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