R. Baker Abby News

Paralyzed refugee claimant Laibar Singh, who has been seeking refuge from deportation in an Abbotsford Sikh temple, has given up his fight and is returning to India.

Swarn Singh Gill, president of the Sahib Kalgidhar Darbar Gurdwara, said the 49-year-old widower misses his four children and has tired of his struggles with Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).

"He's not happy to go back but he thinks he has no choice," said Gill speaking for Singh Thursday.

"He's thinking about his health, and doesn't know how long he's going to live, he wants to see his children – things like that."

BCSA told Singh that if he leaves the temple for any reason, even to go to the hospital, they would deport him, said Gill.

This is Singh's second stay at the temple, or gurdwara. He spent five months in Abbotsford before seeking sanctuary at Surrey's Guru Nanak Sikh Temple after more than 1,000 supporters at the airport prevented his deportation in December 2007.