Key legal question
Whether the appellants were entitled to permanent assistance under the expatriate welfare scheme
Extracted holding
No permanent assistance was owed; only temporary bridge assistance had been justified.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that the law protects expatriates in genuine need, but permanent support abroad is reserved for persons already integrated abroad who later fall into hardship. The appellants had not established sufficient economic or social integration in Canada, nor special human reasons against return to Switzerland.