EU lawmaker to Canada asylum seeker: A Roma's long trek


  • World
  • Sunday, 16 Jun 2013

Viktoria Mohacsi sits at the door of the house, where she rents the basement apartment, in Toronto, May 9, 2013. REUTERS/Mirjam Donath

TORONTO (Reuters) - Less than four years ago, Viktoria Mohلcsi enjoyed the life of an international politician, eating at pricey restaurants in Brussels and winning awards as a human rights activist.

Today, the 38-year old mother of three sleeps on the floor of a one-room basement apartment in Toronto and faces deportation. As a political asylum seeker, she hopes to convince Canada that the life of a former member of the European Parliament could be in danger in a democratic country like Hungary.

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