HIV positive South African woman gets another chance at Canadian permanent residency

HIV positive South African woman gets another chance at Canadian permanent residency

A senior immigration officer’s decision to refuse an HIV-positive South African woman’s bid for permanent residency in Canada on humanitarian and compassionate grounds didn’t give enough weight to her abusive husband’s repeated threats to withdraw his sponsorship, a Federal Court judge has ruled. The officer’s failure to properly consider Grace Mabena’s “circumstances as a survivor of family violence and the hardship she will face in South Afric…