Our Daughters Risk Genital Mutilation, Couple Tells Canadian Govt

A Nigerian family facing deportation has asked the Canadian government to save them from returning home, saying that their two young daughters — with another on the way — will be subjected to female genital mutilation.
Rasheedat Bakare, her husband Afeez, son Faaiq and daughter Faiqah arrived in Canada in 2017; and they had another daughter, Farhana, in Canada in 2018.
The family of five was denied refugee status on Thursday and were told to leave the country by 3 p.m. on Friday, CBC News, a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, has reported.
“My children’s lives, my husband’s life are at risk,” said Rasheedat Bakare.
“We ran away because they wanted to circumcise my baby girl the one I brought from Africa.
“When I got to Canada, I had another baby girl. Currently, I’m pregnant with another baby girl. Now [I’ll have] three baby girls and all of their lives are] going to be at risk.”
After they were denied refugee status on Thursday, Rasheedat, who is five months pregnant, collapsed and was taken to hospital, the medium said.
On Friday afternoon, the government issued a temporary delay on the family’s deportation order.
Her husband, Afeez, said he was not sure when he and his family will be required to leave.