Rwandan genocide survivor wins another chance at Canadian refugee status because official didn't take 'intersectional approach'

A Canadian immigration official who refused refugee protection for a 64-year-old survivor of “one of the worst atrocities in recent memory” failed “to adopt a trauma-informed, intersectional approach,” according to a recent Federal Court decision.

Beatha Mutangampundu, a Tutsi survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, took Immigration Minister Lena Diab to court looking for a judicial review of a decision from a member of the Refugee Protection Division (RPD) that dismissed her request for refugee status in Canada.