From September, but worth a rethink; I think:
A South African man has been granted refugee status in Canada, where an immigration board found "clear and convincing proof" he was persecuted for being white.
Most IOL readers thought there was nothing wrong with applying for foreign citizenship on racial grounds.
IOL asked its readers: Is applying for foreign citizenship on racial grounds justified?
Of the 1 064 people who participated in the 65 percent (691 votes) said "Yes", and 35 percent (373 votes) said "No".
Asylum should be granted on race - readers
By Ainsley Daniels
2 September 2009, 16:11
A South African man has been granted refugee status in Canada, where an immigration board found "clear and convincing proof" he was persecuted for being white.
Most IOL readers thought there was nothing wrong with applying for foreign citizenship on racial grounds.
IOL asked its readers: Is applying for foreign citizenship on racial grounds justified?
Of the 1 064 people who participated in the 65 percent (691 votes) said "Yes", and 35 percent (373 votes) said "No".
Here are some of the comments posted online:
Susan:I voted 'Yes'. Cannot understand the bleating from the ANC that the decision by Canada is racist! During the days of apartheid, many of those now in government here were afforded 'refugee status' because of their colour and political affiliation. What a load of crapiola!
Champagne:Yes it is justified. Being white in South Africa makes one a target for being attacked and reporting to the police gets a shrug of the shoulders. The attack is not criminally motivated but retribution for the past. Applying for a job gets a "don't be stupid you're white" attitude. EVERYthing in South Africa is about skin colour.
Liz:The ANC wants a country without discrimination yet they are perpetuating discrimination with BEE. People should be judged on merit, not on the colour of their skin. Well done Canada for seeing what is actually happening here.
MarkN:Next this character will be selling his story for money. This is nothing else but cheap publicity. If you have an issue and want to leave the country do so without the fanfare. What about the ones irrespective of colour, that cannot leave.
Anonymous:Why shouldn't he seek asylum if he feels that his life is going to improve? He is entitled to a good life as we all are. Of course, more blacks are victims of crime than whites, they constitute the majority of the population of the country. We are all sick of crime, black and white alike. Colour has nothing to do with it. All decent people would like to normal, peaceful like which one can get in any 1st world country!!! Why should the government condone his citizenship of another country. If one wants to immigrate the application is made to the other country, not to the local authorities.
Dread:This sets a precedent, opened a can of worms if you like, because as many white South Africans can now go to Canada and cite the reasons for leaving SA and before you say eureka, they will be granted asylum in that country. What are the Canadians smoking over there? Must be some real stern stuff.
Anonymous:As a white South African myself, I think this guy is full of cr*p. He is clearly one of those extremely negative people who just wants out of SA and since he clearly does not qualify to immigrate he played the race card and in the process he has made us South Africans look stupid. Next time he comes here a white will beat him up
Marc:Is applying for foreign citizenship on racial grounds justified? Of course it is - after all, it used to be in the supposedly bad old days. Now that we have crime at least 20 times more likely to happen with nothing to stem it, with murders and unspeakable urban and rural violence rampaging on, of which 95% is completely unreported, and a host of laws deliberately calculated to sideline and disadvantage whites, it's actually way more applicable than ever before.
Source: Cape Argus (PDF)
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