candace owens Will be allowed to enter New Zealand After the government overturned the ban on his visa Move over neighboring Australia To keep out controversial commentators Comments that have been criticized as anti-Semitic.
Owens, the former Daily Wire podcaster who has millions of followers on social media, will be allowed to enter New Zealand after a government official cited “the importance of free speech” in overturning a previous ban.
New Zealand’s immigration agency refused him an entertainer’s work permit in November on the grounds that visas cannot legally be granted to people who have been barred from another country.
Owens appealed the decision to Associate Immigration Minister Chris Penk, according to a statement from Penk’s office on Thursday.
Penk, who is allowed discretion over visa decisions, granted Owens the visa “after considering the representations made to him, including the importance of free speech,” the statement said.
Owens, who has later denied being anti-Semitic Emerging as a critic of IsraelAppreciated the decision.
He released a statement to The Post that read: “I’m thrilled to be traveling to New Zealand to talk to people, share ideas and engage in meaningful conversations.”
Owens said, “I commend the Minister for standing up for the rights of individuals to engage in political discussion without fear of being silenced.”
Owens has been barred from coming to Australia, where he was to appear before an audience that had paid for tickets to hear his speech.
In October, Tony Burke, the Australian government minister in charge of immigration, barred Owens from leaving the country. He made comments about horrific Nazi experiments On Jewish death camp prisoners during the Holocaust.
“Underestimating the impact of the Holocaust through comments [Nazi physician Josef] “From Mengele claiming Muslims started slavery, Candace Owens has the ability to incite discord in almost every direction,” Burke said.
Owens criticized Burke on his show last month. He denied downplaying Mengele’s experiments and said the Australians were keeping them out because “people don’t want me to get in front of an audience” to talk about “the death that is happening in Palestine”.
“They can’t produce [videos of] “I’m talking about Mengele because it doesn’t exist,” Owens said on her show last month.
“If you are speaking about someone so bad, why is there a need to lie?”
earlier this year, Owens leaves the Daily Wire after a Public spat with Ben Shapiro, co-founder of that news siteA staunch Israel supporter on the terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas on October 7, 2023.
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