Canada Denies Deserter
Charles Johnson
Thu Mar 24, 2005 at 3:08 pm PST • Views: 325
US military deserter Jeremy Hinzman has been denied refugee status in Canada. (Thanks to all who emailed about this.)
TORONTO - An immigration panel in Toronto has denied refugee status to a former paratrooper who fled the United States to evade the war in Iraq.
The Immigration and Refugee Board members said Thursday that Jeremy Hinzman, 26, hadn’t convinced them that he would be persecuted if he returned to his native land.
Hinzman faces a court martial if he goes back and could be sentenced to five years in jail as a deserter.
The board also denied asylum to Hinzman’s wife and pre-school son.
Frank says: