Mother of six barred from returning to Canada has died in Turkey, lawyer says [Video]

A Canadian mother of six who was deemed a security risk and refused permission to come home by the federal government has died suddenly in Turkey, her lawyer says.

Lawrence Greenspon said he’s been told his client was found dead in a cell in a Turkish immigration centre sometime during the night of Oct. 16-17.

The 40-year-old woman, known publicly by her initials F.J., was trying to get herself home to Canada and had somehow managed to escape a detention camp in northeastern Syria for ISIS suspects and their families, Greenspon said. 

“This was a wholly unnecessary tragedy that occurred,” he told CBC News. “I have no doubt it’s the end result of an incredibly un-humanitarian policy by Global Affairs Canada.

“I have no doubt that if she had been repatriated with her children that she would still be alive today.”

Global Affairs has not yet responded to Greenspon’s claim. …