Colombia: Alejandro

FARC Dept: But Alejandro is also a failed refugee claimant from Colombia, beset by fear, doubt and confusion about whether he would get the care he needed, or if we would send him away, according to The Star. I remind you that, six years or so ago, he was kidnapped briefly by FARC rebels in Colombia; his family was threatened; he fled here and the first time I saw Alejandro, he was as close to death as it is possible to get and still be drawing breath he couldn t eat, he was losing weight, his liver was shutting down, he required profound surgical intervention, stat. He was, therefore, looking at the end of his life in two ways: no operation, death; deportation, ditto. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.