Tv Newscasts: Asylum Seeker

Vancouver Sun Dept: Photographs of the Asian man, who got onto a flight in Hong Kong last week while wearing a mask that made him appear to be an elderly Caucasian, have been splashed across TV newscasts and newspapers since news of his stunt emerged, according to Vancouver Sun. "It should be disturbing to Canadians ... that somebody who's a potential asylum-seeker should be treated in such a dehumanizing way," Rankin said and a young man who boarded a plane to Canada in disguise probably didn't come up with the Mission: Impossible-style ruse himself -- he was probably helped by a human smuggler, his lawyer says. But on Saturday, lawyer Lee Rankin slammed immigration officials for "parading" his client in front of the media, accusing them of leaking the confidential report about his exploits -- and possibly endangering his safety. As reported in the news.
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