D-day for 'White refugee' Huntley
Staff Reporter, The Star
April 08 2010 at 09:35AM
Judgement is at hand for Brandon Huntley, the "white South African refugee" who claimed he had been called "a white dog" and "a settler", and stabbed seven times by black South Africans and should therefore be granted asylum in Canada.Read more »
The Canadian government yesterday appealed against Huntley's being granted asylum, and Judge Francois Lemieux said he would review the arguments. He did not set a date for his findings.
Huntley was granted refugee status in Canada in August last year. The ruling caused an uproar in South Africa, with several human rights groups slamming the decision, and the ANC deeming the decision racist.
The court heard that 113 000 news articles had been written worldwide about the case.
At the appeal hearing, Huntley's lawyer, Rocco Galati, argued that the South African government had interfered with Canada's judicial system by pressuring immigration minister Jason Kenney, the Toronto Sun's website said.
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