‘Ethnically-motivated’ violence drives Guyanese family’s refugee claim in Canada

A Guyanese family of six, seeking refugee status in Canada on the grounds that they fear ethnically-motivated violence at the hands of African-Guyanese criminal gangs here, may still get their wish as a judge recently overturned a decision to refuse their claim.

Judge Russel Zinn in a decision earlier this month ruled that the application for judicial review is allowed and that the applicants’