A 19-year-old has been sent back to Ontario after being denied entry to New Brunswick. Daniel Arefi pleaded guilty Friday morning to failing to comply with New Brunswick’s emergency measures act, which is being used to implement restrictions during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The presiding Moncton provincial court judge subsequently ordered Arefi to pay a $292 fine before he was sent to the Fredericton airport, where he took a return flight to Toronto Friday afternoon.
Hossein Arefi, Daniel Arefi’s father, said it was a “miscommunication” because his son told airport officials he was here to visit, when he was actually intending to move to Moncton to live with family after losing his job as a barber in Toronto.