Why is a violent refugee getting more freedom instead of facing deportation?

Despite being convicted of sexual assault twice, Delroy Apple, 47, is neither behind bars nor removed from the country.

Rather than being deported, a violent Guyanese refugee remains in Canada because of his mental illness.

Despite being convicted of sexual assault twice, Delroy Apple, 47, is neither behind bars nor removed from the country. Instead, he receives disability benefits funded by taxpayers and is permitted supervised outings into the community.

Despite remaining a “significant threat,” the Ontario Review Board (ORB) granted him greater freedom, citing a year without major violent incidents.

Apple’s criminal record is extensive and unrelenting.

It all began with U.S. drug convictions in 2005 and includes 39 Canadian convictions between 2012 and 2018, including sexual assault, armed robbery, assault with a weapon and assaulting a peace officer, according to the National Post.