Aladar Racz and Richard Racz

Red Cross: In 2011, three generations of the Racz family fled to Toronto from Gyongyospata, Hungary epicenter of ethnic violence against the Roma — where threats made against the minority group by thousands of fascists were so severe the Red Cross stepped in and evacuated the community, according to Toronto Star. Family patriarch Aladar Racz, 60, wife Aladarne, 61, and six children were active in the fight against racism in their community and featured in a number of news documentaries in England and France, among others. We are very happy and relieved that our lives are now safe and we don’t have to go back to Hungary, Richard Racz said of the court recent decision to reject the federal government request to overturn a tribunal decision. Their refugee claims were divided up and heard in the course of six separate hearings in Canada. Immigration Minister Chris Alexander, however, immediately challenged the decision. All of them were finally accepted by the Immigration and Refugee Board in 2013. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.