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Saturday, 13 September 2008

We believe in the power of people letters!! We invite all Eritrea loving people to participate! Together let us make use of our given talent!!!

The Canadian Counsellor in Kenya made a mistake. We want the mistake to be corrected. Concise, well thought out personal letters are one of the most effective ways citizen have of influencing law-makers.

Keep It Simple

Your letter should address only the topic or issue. Keep the letter brief and to the point. Typed, one-page letters are best. As suggested by different Political Action commmittes a three-paragraph structured letter is recommended.

   1. Say why you are writing and who you are. List your "credentials." (If you want a response, you must include your name and address, even when using email.) Anonymous letters go nowhere. Even in email, include your correct name, address, phone number and email address. If you don't include at least your name and address, you will not get a response.
   2. Provide more detail. Be factual not emotional. Provide specific rather than general information about how the topic affects you and others. If a certain bill is involved, cite the correct title or number whenever possible.
   3. Close by requesting the action you want taken: an action for or against a bill or decision, or change in general policy.

What do we want to achieve??

   1. a formal apology to be issued by the Government of Canada (High Commission of Canada/Immigration Section)
   2. Review and suspension of the decision from the Counsellor
   3. Issue an entry-visa for our Foreign Minister immediately

Possible Contact Addresses (If you know or have other contacts please share with us)

Ross Hynes,
High Commissioner for Canada in Kenya

Canadian High Commission
Limuru Road, Gigiri

Postal address

Canadian High Commission
P.O. Box 1013
00621-Nairobi, Kenya

Telephone

* General: (254-20) 366 3000
* Immigration: (254-20) 366 3555

Fax: (254-20) 366 3900

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To Government of Canada

Consular Affairs Bureau
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0G2

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Diane Finley
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration

You may send Letter to the Honourable
Diane Finley through

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The Honourable Diane Finley, P.C., M.P.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 1L1

>> Canadian Representatives in Nairobi (Kenya)
http://w01.international.gc.ca/cra-rce/mission.aspx?l=e&MID=119

The LETTERS

Canada's Baseless Action must Be reversed

Saturday, 13 September 2008

Honouroble David Emerson,
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6

Dear Honouroble Emerson,

As an Eritrean and a person with more than keen interest in Eritro/Canadian friendship, I am very angry on why the Canadian Foreign Ministry prevented the Foreign Minister of Eritrea from visiting Canada on the bases that he was a member of the Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front. Sir, this is outlandishly slanderous not only to my country of origin, but to the entire Eritrean people who have fought through thick and thin to achieve their country's independence, which was taken away from them by the US ally, Ethiopia.

Sir,
if the Canadian government is going to apply such ridiculous classification to illegally abuse a high ranking official of a country with whom she has a full diplomatic relationship, think what would happen to the rest of us who were proudly members of that organization whose sole agenda was to liberate Eritrea.

If the Canadian authorities were sincere, they would have kept Ethiopian officials from visiting Canada who also usurp state power by "Overthrowing a recognized government"! But Canada never did similar action against Ethiopian government officials! Not that childish act would make their action any less painful, but that it shows how biased and unprincipled the cognizant Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs personnel are!

By acting in such an irresponsible behaviour, Canada has done some damage not only to the principles it is obligated to honour by the Geneva protocol on the handling of diplomats of a friendly country, but a complete disservice to the many Eritreans who have made Canada their adopted home.

Sir,
I am asking you to use your good office to apologize to the government and people of Eritrea for the Ministry's unacceptable behaviour and reverse its very undiplomatic act; and allow the Honourable Osman Salih Mohammed, the Eritrean Foreign Minister, or any other Eritrean government official to visit Canada as your government personnel are allowed.

Best regards,

Berhane Alazar

---------Letter from Canadian Counsellor in Nairobi-----------

Government of Canada
High Commission of Canada
Immigration Section
P. O. Box 1013
Limuru Road, Gigiri
00621 Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone: (254 20) 366 3000
Facsimile: (254 20) 366 3914
Internet: www.nairobi.gc.ca

The Honourable Osman Saleh Mohammed
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Eritrea
Asmara
Eritrea

Dear Minister,

After careful and thorough consideration of all aspects of your application and the supporting information provided, I have determined that you do not meet the requirements for a temporary resident visa for Canada.

Specifically, there are reasonable grounds to believe that you are a member of the inadmissible class of persons described in subsection 34(1)(f) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) which states that "a permanent resident or foreign national is inadmissible on security grounds for

(a) engaging in an act of espionage or an act of subversion against a democratic government, institution or process as they are understood in Canada (b) engaging in or instigating the subversion by force of any government (c) engaging in terrorism (d) being a danger to the security of Canada (e) engaging in acts of violence that would or might endanger the lives or safety of persons in Canada (f) being a member of an organization that there are reasonable grounds to believe engages, has engaged or will engage in acts referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c)."

Specifically, you were a member of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front between 1979 and 1991. The EPLF was a group that engaged in the subversion of a government by force. Canadian Federal Court jurisprudence confirms that membership in a group that attempts to subvert even a despotic government is sufficient to render inadmissibility. As such, you are inadmissible to Canada pursuant to section A34(1)(f) of the Act. I am therefore refusing your application.

I sincerely regret that this decision will be a disappointment to you.

Yours sincerely,
Tracey Vansickle
Counsellor (Immigration)

Canadian Foreign Ministry Undiplomatic Move

Saturday, 13 September 2008

Dear Mr. John Clark,
Nevsun, Vice Chairman

As an Eritrean American and a person with more than keen interest in Nevsun, I am very angry on why the Canadian Foreign Ministry prevented the Foreign Minister of Eritrea from visiting Canada on the bases that he was a member of the Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front. This is outlandishly slanderous not only to my country of origin, but to the entire Eritrean people who have fought through thick and thin to achieve their country's independence, which was taken away from them by the US ally, Ethiopia.

Sir,
if the Canadian government is going to apply such ridiculous classification to illegally abuse a high ranking official of a country with whom she has a full diplomatic relationship, think what would happen to the rest of us who were proudly members of that organization whose sole agenda was to liberate Eritrea. If the Canadian authorities were sincere, they would have kept Ethiopian officials from visiting Canada who also are in power by "Overthrowing a recognized government"!

But they never did! Not that childish act would make their action any less painful, but that it shows how biased and unprincipled the cognizant Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs personnel are! By acting in such an irresponsible behaviour, Canada has done some damage not only to the principles it is obligated to honour by the Geneva protocol on the handling of diplomats of a friendly country, but a complete disservice to the many Eritreans who have made Canada their adopted home.

Sir,
I am asking you to use your good office to convince the appropriate Canadian authorities to apologize to the government and people of Eritrea for their unacceptable behaviour and reverse their undiplomatic act; and allow the Honourable Osman Salih, Eritrean Foreign Minister, or any other Eritrean government official to visit Canada.

Best regards,

Berhane Alazar

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