‘Overwhelmed’ Nova Scotia deportee’s new battle: health care funding
HALIFAX — A woman facing deportation to Britain will be detained for another 30 days, while advocates work to secure private health care funding they hope will enable her to be free as she fights to stay in the country she has called home since she was eight years old.
“It’s really overwhelming. I just kind of want to go back to my room and cry,” Fliss Cramman said through tears on Friday after her detention review hearing at the Dartmouth General Hospital, where she is recovering from surgery.
The 33-year-old mother of four young daughters, who was born in England but left at the age of eight when her parents moved to Ontario, only became aware that she was not a Canadian citizen following a recent drug conviction and incarceration.
“I hope there’s people out there can see this and can help,” said Cramman, her face red and puffy from crying. “My kids are my world and I’m scared I’ll never see them again.”