An Eritrean family granted refugee status in Canada without telling immigration authorities they already had Swedish citizenship has convinced a Federal Court judge in Ottawa to delay their removal from Canada so the children can continue their schooling here, even though their parents came to court “without ‘clean hands’” due to their deception.

Solomon Yohannes Goitom, Eden Rezene and their two children were scheduled to be sent back to Sweden on Dec. 28 because although they had been granted refugee status in Canada, it later came to light that they actually had obtained Swedish citizenship.