Seven members of the Algerian National Ballet have been granted refugee status in Canada, and the claim of an eighth is being reviewed, after they deserted and asked for asylum following performances in Ottawa and Montreal.
Algerian refugees sought protection from Islamists who equate ballet with homosexuality and ‘depravity’
The National Post,
04 September 2013, Canada
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