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the deportation of revisionist Ernst Zundel
A spokesman for the German embassy confirmed Wednesday that Mr. Zündel is the subject of an outstanding warrant in Germany.
[Images added by this website] Toronto, The Americans don’t want him, so Ernst Zündel is back in Canada Holocaust denier wants refugee status, group says By COLIN FREEZE and CAMPBELL CLARK Niagara Falls, Ont./Ottawa — Holocaust denier Ernst Zündel was forcibly returned to Canada Wednesday from the United States. Mr.
Zündel spent most of the day in a Fort Erie, Ont., immigration centre after he was taken across the border from the United States, where he had been living for about three years. Later, he smiled and waved to journalists from a minivan that was driven to a Niagara Falls detention centre. The Canadian Jewish Congress , which has been fighting Mr. Zündel’s anti-Semitic rants for years, says Mr. Zündel is pursuing a claim for refugee status.
Sources in Ottawa said Immigration Minister Denis Coderre was “furious” when he learned that Mr. Zündel had returned to Canada. Speaking to reporters Wednesday, Mr. Coderre did not refer to Mr.
Zündel by name but decried those who would make a “mockery” of Canada’s refugee-protection system. “I’m totally dedicated to making sure that the legitimate people who are seeking our generosity will be facilitated,” he said outside the House of Commons. “But those who are trying the system and who give a bad reputation to our system should be careful.” Immigration Department officials would not answer questions about the status of the German-born Mr. Zündel.
The Holocaust denier had been living in Tennessee after leaving Canada, where he had permanent-resident status for most of his life. He left Canada a bitter man, angered at this country’s many attempts to silence his views. Mr. Zündel was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service agents two weeks ago at his home outside Knoxville. He is alleged to have overstayed his visitor’s visa. The United States tried to remove Mr.
Zündel on Monday but he was refused entry by Canadian officials, an INS spokesman said. “I think that sometimes when there is a transfer between two countries, issues arise,” Mike Gilhooly said. “But they were addressed.” The United States says Mr. Zündel was removed from the country under the terms of a 1987 cross-border treaty with Canada, and that he cannot