Former KGB officer hid from the authorities in the Canadian church.

A former KGB officer Mikhail liege, in respect of which the Canadian authorities decided to deport, took refuge in a church of Vancouver in the south-west of Canada, passes on Wednesday Agence France-Presse.
As the pastor of First Lutheran Church, which hid 48-year-old liege, he would provide shelter until it bypasses the threat of expulsion from the country.
Born in Vladivostok liege came to Canada in 1997 on a student visa to finish a Ph.D. thesis on Japanese literature. After it joined his wife and son, in 2008 the family filed a petition for Canadian citizenship. But it was rejected on the basis of law, which prohibits the grant citizenship to persons involved in "espionage for a democratic government, institution or process as well as to undermine the foundations of the state. Then began deportation proceedings.
In March 2009, Lennikova wife Irina, and 17-year-old son Dmitri still got the right to remain in Canada. An appeal to the head of the family decision on the deportation on Monday was denied, and on Wednesday it had put on the flight to Vladivostok. The government insisted on the expulsion of Russian people from the country, despite the fact that he was recruited in the student years, he worked for the KGB as an interpreter only for five years and later talked about all the Canadian agencies.
In Canada, there is no law to obtain refuge in religious institutions, but the authorities are not usually addressed to arrest persons subject to deportation and taken refuge in churches, mosques and synagogues. Some migrants, said agency, thus living in the country, many months or even years. The representative of Canada's migration service has confirmed that former law-enforcement authorities did not arrest in churches, but such decisions are made taking into account the circumstances of the case.
Meanwhile in the Canadian capital of Ottawa on Tuesday 23 opposition parliamentarians organized a picket in support of Lennikovyh. According to one of the deputies, the family has made "invaluable contribution" to the development of Canadian society. In the online petition in support of Dmitry and his parents signed almost 2.5 thousands of users, adds the agency.