Florin Fodor

Florin Fodor (born 1974) is a citizen of Romania who made several attempts to enter Canada illegally. His last incursion was seen as remarkable, as he was the first undocumented immigrant to attempt to surreptitiously slip into Canada through its vast and underpopulated Arctic.

Fodor was first deported from Canada in 2000. He was deported again in 2006, when he is reported to have been returning to family in Canada.

According to Royal Canadian Mounted Police Corporal Tim Waters, Fodor's attempt to enter Canada by water, from Greenland, was unprecedented—and dangerous.

Fodor left Sisimiut, Greenland on September 11, 2006, in a 20-foot fibreglass boat he purchased there. He arrived at Grise Fiord eight days later, on September 18, 2006. When Fodor arrived in Grise Fiord he was almost out of food, and had only five litres (1.3 US gal) of fuel left.

Fodor pleaded guilty in November 2006 to two charges of violating Canada's Immigration Act. He was sentenced to seven and half months of detention. Justice Lise Maisonneuve ruled that Fodor should be deported when his sentence was complete.

Nunavut's Premier, Eva Aariak, cited Grise Fjord's apprehension of Fodor in a speech she delivered to the Nunavut Legislature on February 19, 2009. Federal Ministers Chuck Strahl and Leona Aglukkaq were guests of the Legislature. In her speech Aariak cited Fodor's example as a demonstration of how important the people of Nunavut were to protecting Canadian sovereignty.