{"id":1825,"date":"2014-05-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/%20rroma.org\/30-05-2014-immigration-policy-and-rroma-in-canada\/"},"modified":"2022-07-25T15:17:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T14:17:57","slug":"30-05-2014-immigration-policy-and-rroma-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/de\/30-05-2014-immigration-policy-and-rroma-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"30.05.2014 Immigration policy and Rroma in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

Farber (2014) reports on \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe immigration case of a Hungarian Rroma family. The father of the family, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJozsef Pusuma, worked in Hungary in the movement against segregation as an \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tinvestigator of hate crimes. In July 2009, according to the family, a serious \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tincident took place: they were on a walk, when they were brutally beaten up by \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tright-wing extremists, the daughter was unharmed thanks to her father\u2019s \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsacrifice, he protected her by putting her below himself. The attackers \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tannounced that this would not be the last attack if J\u00f3zsef did not stop his \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tactivities. Then, the family migrated to Canada: \u201cSadly, when he and his family sought refugee protection here, a lawyer \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thoping to make a quick buck latched on to them. They believed he would help, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbut he made matters worse. Though armed with evidence of Jozsef\u2019s human rights \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twork and the danger he faced if returned to Hungary, the lawyer never submitted \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthat documentation to the Immigration and Refugee Board. In fact, at their \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thearing, the lawyer never appeared, sending only an interpreter\/consultant. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUnrepresented and without documentation of their claim, they were handed an \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\torder of deportation. The Pusumas will have to return to Hungary, perhaps to \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttheir deaths.\u201d<\/em> The family has been living in the shelter of a church in \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tToronto since two years. Out of fear to be deported, they never leave the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\trefuge. Farber criticizes the Canadian government for its deficient asylum \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpolicy that does not recognize such evident cases of political persecution. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBased on the case described, one sees once more how difficult it is for victims \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tto prove their individual fates. Typically, the decisive factors are the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tofficial country reports that evaluate the security and political situation in \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ta country.<\/p>\n