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Tunisian President: Immigration

Asylum Seekers Dept: Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said on the sidelines of a Conservative party meeting in Ottawa that some members of Ben Ali's family "are permanent residents" and "have the right to be in Canada.", according to Calgary Herald. 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 relatives of ousted Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who arrived in Canada are permanent residents and not asylum-seekers, a minister said Sunday. 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 press reports confirmed by a government official. As reported in the news.
@t leila trabelsi, zine el abidine ben ali