{"id":399,"date":"2014-12-02T13:01:59","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T18:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/gridlock\/?p=399"},"modified":"2014-12-02T16:21:55","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T21:21:55","slug":"students-upset-by-ebola-visa-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/gridlock\/students-upset-by-ebola-visa-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Students upset by Ebola visa ban"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Eddie Ameh<\/p>\n

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Aissatou Bah, president of the West African Youth Association at the University of Ottawa said Canada’s ban on visas to people from Ebola-stricken countries is not the solution to the pandemic. (Photo \u00a9 Eddie Ameh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>Students from Ebola-stricken countries feel Canada\u2019s recent ban on issuing new visas stigmatizes them.<\/p>\n

\u201cBanning visas from these countries is unfair especially to the international students who want to come and study here,\u201d said Aissatou Bah, a Guinean student, Friday.<\/p>\n

Bah\u2019s home country has been ravaged by the deadly virus. \u201cI don\u2019t think banning people is going to help anybody,\u201d she said. Bah said the ban is \u201cstigmatizing people from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bah\u2019s father, who is in Guinea, will not be able to attend her graduation should the ban be in force next year.<\/p>\n

Last month, Canada banned the issuance of visas to people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. The World Health Organization (WHO) says the move violates the spirit, if not its International Health Regulations, which proscribe travel and trade bans by its 196 member states without WHO\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n

Bah, president of the University of Ottawa West African Youth Association said the best way to address Ebola is for Canada to help the countries fight the disease.<\/p>\n

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