Former P.E.I. student jailed after accessing mental health care to be released
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Former student Mehdi Belhadj will be released from P.E.I.'s provincial corrections centre after being detained for a month, facing the prospect of deportation after accessing mental health care for which he couldn't pay.
During a detention review board hearing Monday afternoon, the board heard from Belhadj's legal counsel, Halifax immigration lawyer Lee Cohen, as well as his personal representative, Julie Chamagne of the Halifax Refugee Clinic. Both had fought for the 27-year-old man's release and presented alternatives to detainment in Monday's hearing. Their arguments satisfied the board to the point that members agreed to grant him a conditional release. The arrangements include: Previously, the board had ruled that Belhadj would continue to be detained because he posed a flight risk. Also, members said at that time that they couldn't "in good conscience" release him without a place to stay and a detailed, structured support plan so that he wouldn't relapse and have further issues. Speaking over Zoom on Monday, BIPOC USHR incoming executive director Sobia Ali-Faisal said there is a lot more work to do, but she's excited Belhadj will be soon released.
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