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Minister of Public Safety: Muhsen Ahmed Agraira

Muhsen Ahmed Agraira: The high court said a 2009 decision by the minister of public safety which cited the national interest as a reason to reject Muhsen Ahmed Agraira s application for permanent residence in Canada was brief, but reasonable, according to The Star. The irony in this case is this is a man who joined an organization supported by the West, funded by the U.S., which was trying to overthrow Moammar Gadhafi. He joined it after this organization had given up violence. He believed in democracy for Libya, a policy that Canada supports in fact this organization was part of the coalition Canada supported when Gadhafi was overthrown and OTTAWA A Libyan man now living in Toronto who once claimed membership in a Libyan resistance organization has lost a bid to stay in Canada after the countrys top court dismissed his appeal. But lawyer Lorne Waldman, who took Agrairas appeal to the high court, said the man has been caught in an absurd tangle. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.