Air Canada faces accusations of racism and discrimination after barring Ketty Nivyabandi, the head of Amnesty International Canada, from a flight to Mexico City for a conference last Thursday.
Nivyabandi, who is a permanent Canadian resident with official refugee status, was set to leave from Ottawa International Airport when the Air Canada agent became confused when she presented a government-issued refugee travel document instead of a Canadian passport – which Mexican authorities later confirmed are the only legally required documents for entry, according to a report from CBC News.
In a post made to Twitter after the incident took place, she said she was eventually kept from boarding because she didn’t have a Mexican visa.. I was held at the counter for an hour, eventually denied to board because I do not have a Mexican visa.“I just left the Ottawa airport where I was denied to board my flight to Mexico City by @AirCanada. I was held at the counter for an hour, eventually denied to board because I do not have a Mexican visa,” she tweeted.
“It’s outrageous and unacceptable that Air Canada have refused to allow Ketty Nivyabandi to board her flight, despite her meeting all the legal requirements to travel to Mexico. Air Canada staff at the Ottawa airport treated Ketty in a discriminatory and racist manner, humiliating her and preventing her from participating in an important human rights conference at her destination,” Guevara-Rosas said, according to a statement published on the organization’s website.
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