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Aug 10, 2007
Quickie Link: Refugee in Hiding After Officials Doubt His Fears
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By vanrozenheim
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(Canada) - A Nicaraguan man whose refugee claim failed because he "wasn't gay enough," according to supporters, is facing imminent deportation after a second official assessment deemed it safe for him to go home. Alvaro Antonio Orozco, 21, who has gone into hiding, is now clinging to the hope that Immigration Minister Diane Finley will intervene to let him remain in Canada, at least until a decision is rendered on his application for permanent residency on humanitarian grounds. Orozco, who based his asylum claim on a fear of homophobia and domestic abuse, left Managua in 1998 at age 12. After a year, he landed in a group home in Texas. He left it for Toronto in 2005, after learning that Canada respects gay rights.
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