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Family stuck in Africa

An Abbotsford family says they are stuck in Africa with thier newly adopted son because the Canadian government is dragging its feet on the documents that would allow them to return home.

Kim and Clark Moran recently adopted a young boy named Ayo from Nigeria, reports CTV Vancouver. The couple is now in Ghana, waiting on the Canadian government to allow Ayo into the country.

The couple have now been in Ghana for four weeks, after being told they should not have to wait much more than seven days.

But it’s now been a month, without any updates.

"We've submitted a file and it's sitting in some proverbial queue… It's yet to be processed," Clark told CTV. "This isn't an African issue… This is all on Canada."

Compounding the problem, Kim has multiple sclerosis and has missed several check-ups in Canada.

"We're at the point now where our strength is—we're just about out of it and now we need somebody to step in for us," Clark said.

The federal government has not provided CTV any sort of timeline of when the case will be resolved.

with files from CTV Vancouver 



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