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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.
Canada has added the far-right Proud Boys organisation to its list of “terrorist entities”, following pressure from lawmakers to take a harder line against far-right extremism after the deadly riot at the United States Capitol last month.
In a news conference on Wednesday, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said the federal government added 13 groups to the “terrorist” list, including the Proud Boys, the Atomwaffen Division, The Base and the Russian Imperial Movement.
“Recent events have made Canadians much more aware of the serious threat posed by violent extremist groups. These groups are unfortunately active in Canada and around the world. Their violent actions and rhetoric are fuelled by white supremacy, anti-Semitism, racism, homophobia, Islamophobia and misogyny,” Blair told reporters.