Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird: Semere Ghebremariam O. Micael

Semere Ghebremariam O. Micael: A release from Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says Semere Ghebremariam O. Micael has been declared persona non grata and must leave by next Wednesday, according to Huffington Post. In December 2011 the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution that condemned Eritrea's use of a tax on expatriates to help the country buy weapons and arm opposition groups and OTTAWA - The Canadian government is expelling the head of Eritrea's consulate in Toronto over the levying of a "diaspora tax" on Eritrean expatriates The release says Canada has repeatedly warned Eritrea to "respect international sanctions and Canadian law." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.