Tunisian President: Asylum Seekers

Montreal Gazette Dept: Kenney, attending a Conservative party meeting in Ottawa, said some members of Ben Ali's family "are permanent residents" and "have the right to be in Canada.", according to Montreal Gazette. Ben Ali's wife Leila Trabelsi has several brothers, and the official declined to say which one had arrived in Canada. The family reportedly checked into a hotel in Montreal and the relatives of ousted Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who arrived in Canada are permanent residents and not asylum-seekers, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said yesterday. He spoke days after one of Ben Ali's many brothers-in-law arrived in Montreal aboard a private jet accompanied by his wife, their children and a governess, according to news reports confirmed by a government official. As reported in the news.
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