T&T: Canada wants no more Guyanese refugees

GUYANESE resident Errol Lam is calling on the Canadian High Commissioner in TT to explain the real reason he was denied a temporary Canadian visa, allowing him entry to that country to pay his last respects to his mother. Lam said that he visited the Canadian High Commission last Wednesday to request a visa to enter Canada to attend his mother’s funeral, however, he was denied the visa on the grounds that he did not “meet the requirements for a temporary resident visa.” A disappointed Lam said that he provided the High Commission with documentation on his marital status, letters from a mining company that he was employed with and from the Guyana Foreign Affairs Ministry, a death certificate attesting to his mother’s death and the date and time of the funeral in Canada, a deed for land that he owns and information on his family ties in Guyana.

However, he was still denied the visa by an officer, who allegedly told him “all you Guyanese does want to go Canada under refugee status. But not this time, you not getting through.” He said he even suggested that he be allowed to visit the country under the supervision of an immigration officer and that he be escorted to the funeral and back to the airport, however this request was also denied. “Imagine, this was my last chance to see my mother and they denied me that. I never wanted to stay permanently in their country, I just wanted to see my mom,” Lam explained. Lam, a freelance photojournalist in Guyana said that when he received the news of his mother’s death he immediately flew to Trinidad to apply for the visa, since they did not issue them in Guyana.

Canada has no problem permitting Islamic terrorists to enter/return, but no Guyanese are allowed.