A 57-year-old Jewish woman from Yugoslavia, who entered this country illegally six years ago and was facing deportation, will be allowed to remain here. Giselle Confino-Levi, who has been supporting herself by selling flowers outside a downtown Toronto subway station, has been the subject of considerable sympathy after her plight was reported to the press.
A native of Yugoslavia, she immigrated to Israel in 1957 and then, with her husband, went to Uruguay where he was subsequently imprisoned for political dissent and has not been heard from since. Immigration Minister Lloyd Axworthy has signed a permit allowing her and her son, Daniel, 29, to remain in Canada. The case will be reviewed after one year, and if she and her son are self-supporting and law-abiding they will be granted permanent residence.
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