'Excessive burden': girl expelled from Canada

2010-06-08 128

The Barlagnes have been in Canada for the past five years but perhaps for not much longer. Their daughter, suffering from cerebral palsy, has been deemed an "excessive burden" to the state by immigration services, and the French family is being expelled. Their failed legal battle is only one of many in a nation seeking to balance its robust immigration with costly universal health coverage.Duration: 01:53

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