A federal court judge has given Canada’s immigration minister 30 days to make up his mind on the permanent residency applications of two Chinese citizens of Uyghur ethnicity captured in Pakistan and turned over to the United States military after coalition forces invaded Afghanistan in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Khalil Mamut and Salahidin Abdulahad were transferred to the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and held there until 2009, when they were released to be resettled in Bermuda.