The Canadian Border Services Agency is taking steps once again to deport a paralyzed refugee claimant who has been staying at a temple in Surrey, B.C., his lawyer said Tuesday night.

Laibar Singh, who came to Canada in 2003 on a forged passport, suffered a massive stroke last year that left him a quadriplegic.
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Laibar Singh, who has been living at the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple, was scheduled to be deported via Vancouver International Airport on Dec. 11, but the CBSA delayed its action after more than 1,000 people protested at the departures terminal, blocking traffic and causing delays.

Singh's lawyer Zool Suleman received a call from the border agency Tuesday informing him of the latest deportation schedule, a colleague of Suleman's told CBC News. The latest deportation order is scheduled to take place at 4:30 a.m. PT.

Harjap Grewal, of No One is Illegal in Vancouver, an immigrant and refugee rights group, criticized the CBSA for giving less than 10 hours' notice.

"The decision to deport him at this absurd hour in the morning is malicious and underhanded," Grewal said in a release Tuesday night.

More than 1,000 protesters at Vancouver International Airport's departure terminal attempted to block the deportation of Laibar Singh on Dec. 10, 2007.
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Singh came to Canada in 2003 on a forged passport. He suffered a massive stroke three years later that left him quadriplegic and unable to care for himself.

He has since argued that he will die if he is deported to India because he won't be able to get proper medical treatment.

Singh initially sought refugee status in 2003 on the grounds that he would be persecuted by police in Punjab, where officials have accused him of links to separatist militants, but his refugee claim was denied that same year.

His appeals to stay in Canada were turned down by immigration officials, who ruled Singh couldn't remain because he doesn't have adequate community ties.

The federal government granted Singh a 60-day stay of his deportation order on Aug. 19, the day before he was expected to be deported. His deportation was later scheduled for Dec. 10.

After hearing that attempts were again being made to deport Singh, the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple began to organize a gathering of those who support Singh remaining in Canada.