A Somali woman barred from Canada for five years for giving false names and birth dates for herself and her two children while applying for refugee status here, dodging the fact that she had entered into a polygamous marriage with a Canadian-Somali man, has won another chance at staying in this country.

Fadumo Yusuf Mohamed Abdille came to Canada in 2012 and was granted refugee status, but that was vacated in 2023 due to misrepresentation on her refugee claim, according to a recent Federal Court decision out of Toronto.

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In 2002, Abdille, who is also a citizen of the Netherlands, met her future husband in Holland, through a mutual uncle.

Abdille’s “future husband was already married in Canada, and the applicant was aware of that fact,” said the decision.

“However, as

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