Brandon Carl Huntley is a South African who recently stirred up controversy[1] after applying for refugee status in Canada claiming he was being persecuted in South Africa due to his race[2].
Huntley, a Capetonian, claims to have been attacked seven times and called a 'white dog' and a 'settler'[3] he also added that he would 'stick out like a sore thumb' in his homeland. The Canadian immigration board judged that he presented sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the government was unable or unwilling to protect white South Africans. The South African government has rubbished these allegations[4], and it has been joined by a group of 133 academics from 13 South African and six overseas universities who have penned an open letter to Canada's chargé d’affaires in Pretoria, Jeff White, distancing themselves from Huntley’s views. Meanwhile the Canadian Department of Citizenship and Immigration has applied for leave to appeal the immigration board's ruling in the Federal Court[5] and Huntley quite possibly faces deportation back to South Africa.
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