A Guyanese woman’s bid to be granted refugee status in Canada based on allegations she was being persecuted because of her race and the fact that she was a member of the PPP was thwarted recently when a judge agreed with an earlier ruling that she faced no real risk in Guyana.
Forty-nine-year-old Indradei Parrasram Dhrumu arrived in Canada in December 2003 and made a claim for refugee status, but on February 16, 2010 a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA) officer denied the request. The woman then moved for a judicial review of the decision and this was heard by Judge Michael A. Kelen, who denied the review as he found nothing wrong with the PRRA officer’s ruling.
According to the ruling, which was issued recently, Dhrumu’s refugee claim was rejected in a decision dated January 18, 2005 by the Refugee Protection Division
