Asylum seeker's refugee claim accepted by Canada

Asylum seeker Guled Omar, whom CBC News first met last year, has had his refugee claim accepted by Canada. CBC News first met Guled and his friend Abdikhadir Omar in Mexico City more than a year ago, when they had already escaped death threats in Somalia and a refugee camp in Kenya.

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