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Augustas Dennie: Refugee Claim

Canada Dept: Augustas Dennie came to Canada two years ago to flee what he says was anti-gay violence that left him in a coma for a week in 2009 and resulted in brain damage, according to CTV. He is scheduled to be deported Nov. 8 after his refugee claim was rejected and tORONTO -- Supporters are speaking out against the scheduled deportation next week of a Toronto man they fear will be killed if he's returned to St. Vincent and the Grenadines. They discovered I was gay. I tried to ignore my bullies, but they did not like it, said Dennie, describing his most brutal attack in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. They took a big rock and hit my head with it. My right side was paralyzed. I was in a coma for a whole week and my friends thought I was dead. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.