A family of five in Trois-Rivières, Que., is bracing themselves for a Federal Court ruling Wednesday that will determine if they will be allowed to stay or if they are to be split up and deported to separate, far-flung continents within hours.
The court is expected to rule on whether to allow the deportation of Arlyn Huilar and her two eldest children to the Philippines, and her husband, David Ajibade, and their six-year-old son to Ajibade’s native Nigeria.
Huilar and Ajibade met on a matchmaking website and were married in Nigeria in 2009. Their mixed-race children were met with racism and hostility in the Philippines, then narrowly avoided a kidnapping in
