Two fathers in Quebec are calling on the federal government to halt deportation orders, saying they face life-threatening risks if they are forced to return to their home countries in Africa.

Jonas Kiese Umba, a Congolese national, and Christiaano Nguya, originally from Angola, have both lived in Quebec for years and are now fighting to stay in Canada after their refugee claims were rejected.

Kiese Umba has been in Quebec for six years and is the father of a three-month-old daughter. He fears returning to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where renewed conflict has killed thousands and displaced tens of thousands since the M23 rebel group captured the city of Goma in early 2025.

“Congo is in war right now,” Kiese Umba told Global News in an interview Tuesday. “They made a mistake,

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