Belhassen Trabelsi: Reclusive Tunisian Businessman

Chateau Vaudreuil Hotel Dept: MONTREAL - A reclusive Tunisian businessman and key member of that country's former ruling clan will turn to a bid for refugee status after failing to have his Canadian residency reinstated, according to Winnipeg Free Press. A departure order was slapped against them but Trabelsi will remain here for now and security personnel guard the entrance to the Chateau Vaudreuil Hotel in Vaudreuil, west of Montreal, Thursday, January 27, 2011, where Belhassen Trabelsi is believed to be staying. A reclusive Tunisian businessman and key member of the former ruling clan in that country has lost his bid to have his Canadian permanent residency reinstated. The CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes The appeal division of the Immigration and Refugee Board said in a decision released Tuesday that Belhassen Trabelsi and his family had failed to convince the board they should have their status renewed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.