Many asylum seekers in Canada, who worked on the country’s COVID-19 front line, are now facing the threat of deportation.
![Asylum seeker Mamadou Konaté, worked as a janitor at elderly care homes in Montreal at the peak of the COVID pandemic in 2020, he now faces the threat of deportation. On July 6, he addressed a crowd gathered in front of Prime Minister Trudeau's constituency office in Montreal to protest essential worker deportations [Stacy Lee]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Stacy-Lee-photo-I-Mamadou-Konate%CC%81-press-conference-July-2021.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Many asylum seekers in Canada, who worked on the country’s COVID-19 front line, are now facing the threat of deportation.
Activists call to reenvision Canada’s relations with its indigenous people.
What began as a protest over tuition hikes has now become a standoff over a much deeper political discord in Quebec.