Canada rejects Roma activist despite claims of neo-Nazi attacks in Hungary

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OTTAWA — A Roma political activist and his family, long targets of reported neo-Nazi attacks in Hungary, have been denied refugee status in Canada after an Immigration and Refugee Board member ruled they have no legitimate fear of persecution in their homeland. Gyula Kanto, a Roma civil-rights leader, appealed the ruling, but in a Sept. 5 decision signed in Ottawa, the Federal Court of Canada backed the board’s refusal, even though it noted that a board member was wrong in his assessment of state protection.

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