Comments on: Updated: White South African Granted Asylum In Canada

By: Why We Are White Refugees

Why We Are White Refugees — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:47:49 +0000

WwAwR: Why we Are white Refugees is a joint project, by various RSA bloggers, and concerned individuals….

(a) LETTERS: Emails/Letters sent to Canadian, or South African Officials;
(b) NEWS ARTICLES: White Refugee Main Stream News Stories;
(c) BLOGGER OPEDS: Blogger OpEd Opinions on White Refugee Issues,
(d) REFERENCE: White Refugee Supporting Documentation…..

If you have written a letter to a Canadian Official, on the Huntley White Refugee issue, please email us a copy, so that we can put it in the letter database.

Email it to: jmc.pa.tf.white-refugee@gmail.com

By: Michel Cloutier

Michel Cloutier — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:52:48 +0000

Latest news from your friend in the Great White North: the Canadian government has asked its Refugee board to ‘review’ the case of Mr.Huntley, responding to diplomatic pressure from South Africa. Ouch, that must hurt ! Claiming eternal victim status means there must exist eternal oppressors to ask retribution from. Just too many people have vested interests in this system to allow for the existence of white victims. We Canadians prefer our refugees to be more like Leon Mugesera, one of the instigators of the massacre in Rwanda. He was finally deported back to his home country after inflicting his loathsome presence on us for 12 years.

By: Reuben

Reuben — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:29:41 +0000

Ilana, would it be possible for you to ask the lawyer involved in this case to comment on it here on your blog? I am sure others can benefit, after all, the easiest path through any minefield is in the footsteps of those who have gone before you, and getting out of South Africa is very tough.

[I don’t know him. But feel free to pursue it. If you search the blog archives under “South Africa” and “Immigration,” you will find some advice. But, you are right, it’s not easy.]

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:05:11 +0000

Frankly, the civilized white and black population of South Africa needs to declare its independence from the ANC. As bad as the former government policies were, the current anti-white mob rule is far, far worse.

By: Bob Harrison

Bob Harrison — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:31:20 +0000

If this sets a precedent, Canada might see a massive inflow of white refugees from South Africa. If they know what’s good for them, they will let them all in (seems unlikely). Over a million whites have already left ZA since the ANC took power, where have they been going? It seems like white South Africans have a harder time emigrating than any other group. The first million that left were simply the best qualified and richest so they had the requirements to get into otherwise uncooperative western (sic) nations. I’ve heard that Australia has become home to most of (the surviving) Rhodesians and many South Africans. Ilana, you have insight into this issue that others don’t and I always look forward to getting the truth about this part of the world from you, God knows we won’t hear it from the mass media.
PS Isn’t Canada kind of cold for South Africans? [Not for me; I cannot abide the heat.]

By: JP Strauss

JP Strauss — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:00:20 +0000

What gets me more than anything else is that we share so many common ancestors and that even our histories are remarkably similar, yet the general opinion is that we are at opposite ends of some mystical chess board. Maybe it’s because we show solidarity with Israel?

[No; if you were black and pro-Israel, you’d be in.]

By: Robert Glisson

Robert Glisson — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:30:18 +0000

We Americans have a reputation for meddling in other nations and being inhospitable as well.
7-8-1853, US Commodore Matthew Perry steamed into Tokyo Harbor with four warships and ordered Japan to open to trade with the West as a part of American Imperialism.
In the late 1930’s a ship loaded with European Jews, fled Germany and sought asylum in the Americas. The US Virgin Islands sent them an invitation to move there, however Franklin D. Roosevelt denied permission for the ship to dock in US waters and after being rebuffed by all the rest of North and South America, returned to Europe. I have no idea of what became of them.
In our defense, I can offer the story that during the Korean Conflict; our fleet transported a whole village from North Korea to South Korea as an act of charity.
Otherwise our history of taking in refugees is very spotty. We did take a lot of Vietnamese and Cubans. Political asylum though is not one of our strong suits, despite the lady on Eilis Island. If someone says that we deported white South Africans, then it’s probably true. Sometimes national pride is hard to scrounge up.

By: JP Strauss

JP Strauss — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:48:27 +0000

A quick poll on news24.com, our largest online news site, suggests that roughly 70% of respondents are in full support of Mr. Huntly's efforts, while the other 30% are divided roughly equally between those who think he is "exploiting Canada's immigration system" or "setting a dangerous precedent". see results here. At least this shows that 70% of those who are considered "middleclass" are capable of assimilating available data and coming to a logical conclusion. I find it appalling that the USA would deport people who are not only being persecuted, but are actually among the most hard-working on the entire planet. Surely you could use a "few good men"? Or maybe it's because your government knows that my kinsmen will almost certainly vote Republican if given citizenship. If any Republicans are reading this, you might want to consider the benefits of an extra 1 000 000 odd votes. Just saying.

By: M. B. Moon

M. B. Moon — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:21:38 +0000

“The ANC views the granting by Canada of a refugee status to South African citizen Brandon Huntley on the grounds that Africans would ‘persecute’ him, as racist,’ the party said in a statement.”

ANC, bite me!

Ilana, at least I know you will publish this!

By: H Engelbrecht

H Engelbrecht — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:40:13 +0000

I am sure you can imagine the uproar this has caused in SA. Unfortunately for all the wrong reasons. The mainstream media, even the Afrikaans newspapers already referred to it as ridiculous.

My bet is that the ruling will not stand for long. It is bound to be reviewed sooner than later, when of course a new ruling will be made in line with “mainstream thought”.

I was tempted to say that at least now the world will see the truth about SA. However I suspect they probably already know the truth (perhaps not the extent thereof), but refuse to acknowledge it.
Afrikaners never received assistance from the rest of the world in the past(no assistance after the Anglo Boer War for example – compare to Germany and the Marshall-plan), and I doubt they will receive any assistance now, particularly in the current global political climate. Not that we expect any, one has to search far and wide to find a more “hardegat” (defiant) nation anywhere.