Buckling under immense pressure, not witnessed in recent history, the Canadian government has decided to go court to appeal against the controversial decision to grant refugee status to a white South African who claimed to be a victim of racist attacks at home.
This was announced officially yesterday by a spokeswoman for Canada's federal citizenship and immigration department, "With regard to the Brandon Huntley case, the government is seeking leave to challenge the IRB decision before the Federal Court.”
It seems that people in general, across the boundaries of nations, are not prepared to accept that a white man too can be victim on the basis of his skin color.
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High Publicity haunting Huntley, the refugee immigrant
by Sabina Thakur
September 4, 2009
Buckling under immense pressure, not witnessed in recent history, the Canadian government has decided to go court to appeal against the controversial decision to grant refugee status to a white South African who claimed to be a victim of racist attacks at home.
This was announced officially yesterday by a spokeswoman for Canada's federal citizenship and immigration department, "With regard to the Brandon Huntley case, the government is seeking leave to challenge the IRB decision before the Federal Court.”
It seems that people in general, across the boundaries of nations, are not prepared to accept that a white man too can be victim on the basis of his skin color. The high media publicity that made Huntley almost a celebrity is now haunting him and endangered his immigration status.
Ruling ANC in South Africa has officially raised protests against the grant of refugee status to its national Huntley. In fact, such out roar was never witnessed, not even when, hundreds of Indian Sikh Youth claimed to be victims of Government machinery in mid eighties or when hundreds of Kuwaiti youth claimed refugee status for immigration.
The Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) panel granted immigration as refugee to South African Brandon Huntley residence on the grounds that he was persecuted for being white.
The federal court would decide in about one month’s time whether to allow hearing of the case, and if it allows, would decide on the same in about three months time. As per the law, the federal court can not entertain any extra evidence and would have to consider the evidence presented to initial panel.
South Africa's government has been pressing Ottawa to review the case. The governing African National Congress says it doubts a white South African could have suffered such racist attacks in his home country.
In fact, popular belief among Blacks in South Africa is that White community members are not able to adjust to fact that after the end of apartheid in South Africa, blacks can enjoy equality with them. However, given the law and order situation in most parts of South Africa, this has few takers among the white community members.
Source: Canada Updates
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