Gay asylum seeker says imminent deportation means his death Palestinian man says his family have promised to kill him by throwing him off a building or burning him alive if he returns home to Jordan.
Author of the article: René Bruemmer
Publishing date: Apr 03, 2021 • April 3, 2021 • 4 minute read • RCMP officers help a group of asylum seekers to jump a ditch as they crossed from the U.S. into Canada illegally at the border at Roxham Road in Hemmingford, south of Montreal, on Feb. 20, 2017. Photo by Phil Carpenter /jpg
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A gay Palestinian migrant who sought asylum in Canada to escape hate crimes in the United States says he now faces certain death in his home country of Jordan because the Canadian government is set to deport him Monday.