[antiwar-van] Refuge for Adrian- Stateless and Imprisoned

[noii-van at resist.ca]

* Adrian is currently being held in the detention center in North
Coquitlam, after being transferred from Toronto. NOII-van is organizing
support for dragan locally.


REFUGE FOR ADRIAN DRAGAN, STATELESS ROMA IMPRISONED BY IMMIGRATION
CANADA FOR 16 MONTHS!

Adrian Dragan has been held for 16 months awaiting removal0 to Romania.
He is a Roma (also known as "Gypsy") and faces serious danger and
repression if removed to Romania, where Roma people are regularly attacked
and persecuted. In fact, Adrian renounced his citizenship in Romania in
1993 to condemn the racism against Roma there, and since he does not have
formal citizenship, he is now being held in jailed limbo, without rights
as a citizen in either Canada or Romania.

Canada has already tried once to send Adrian to Romania, but he was
refused at the border and sent back to Canada, to continued detention by
Immigration Canada.

On Friday, the president of Romania, Illiescu, will be visiting Canada,
with one of his purposes being to discuss Adrian's possible removal to
Romania. President Illiescu must guarantee Adrian's safety or refuse to
bring him to Romania!

Call, write or fax the Romanian Consulate and demand that President
Illiescu refuse to accept Adrian unless he can guarantee Adrian's complete
safety and freedom in Romania.

It is very important that letters and calls occur before or on Friday:

Romanian Consulate
111 Peter St.
Toronto, ON
M5V 2H1

Phone: 416/585-5802
Fax:  416/585 4798

For more information,
email smack at tao.ca
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty