This Canadian immigrant says he was traumatized by five years of separation from his family. He has launched a lawsuit against the government
For more than five years, Thomas Ndayiragije could only remotely parent his children — refugees in limbo in South Africa — while he lived alone in exile in Canada.
The Burundian human rights activist had fled without his family because they did not have passports or a Canadian visa. Even after he was granted protection in Canada, Ottawa would not issue his dependants a travel document until their permanent residence application was approved.
