“It is weird when you are hiding from an officer instead of someone from the Mafia, because you would expect to be hiding from the bad guys. The Demitris, both in their 40s, came out of hiding — wearing disguises as they travelled — to tell their dramatic story. We don’t go out as a family altogether any more.”Richard Boraks, their immigration lawyer, said Ahmed Hussen, Canada’s immigration minister, is the family’s only hope. He said he thinks the minister doesn’t fully grasp the reach of the Mafia in Italy. “The family currently does not have status in Canada,” said Peter Liang, a spokesman for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, in a statement Wednesday evening.

Source: National Post March 14, 2019 11:03 UTC