Questions Linger After Deportation Averted

The case of a Moncton, N.B., family who faced deportation because of their son's medical condition is raising questions whether Canada's immigration policies discriminate against people with disabilities.
On Friday, the Maeng family was spared deportation back to South Korea out of concerns that their youngest son, who has been diagnosed with autism and epilepsy, might cost the province's health and education systems too much.
Canada's immigration law includes the provision for medical inadmissibility. Those whom the provinces deem would represent an excessive demand on social services can be refused.

Deportation Averted Over Son's Autism

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MONCTON, New Brunswick -- A South Korean family facing deportation because their 15-year-old son is autistic and epileptic can breathe a sigh of relief, according to a government source.
The Maeng family came to Canada in 2003, and has owned and operated a small Asian grocery store since arriving in Moncton.
But they were recently told by Citizenship and Immigration Canada that they would have to leave the country by the end of June because Sung-Joo Maeng's autism and epilepsy disqualified the family from permanent entry because of the associated health-care costs.
The deportation order made headlines, and support for the family spread to the provincial government.
On Wednesday, New Brunswick Social Development Minister Sue Stultz gave the family a letter saying they would cover the health-care costs for Sung-Joo.