Deported neo-Nazi protester lands in South Africa after Australian visa cancelled
Matthew Gruter has landed in South Africa after Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke cancelled his visa for participating in a widely condemned anti-Jewish demonstration.
A South African man who took part in a widely condemned neo-Nazi rally outside the NSW parliament has arrived in South Africa after being deported.
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke cancelled Matthew Gruter’s Australian visa after he was photographed among scores of National Socialist Network (NSN) supporters displaying a banner that read: “Abolish the Jewish lobby”.
Mr Gruter arrived with his wife, Nathalie Faydherbe and one-month-old child in Johannesburg on Thursday afternoon local time.
According to the Daily Mail, he tried to hide his face behind luggage and became visibly upset upon being confronted by the media.
He accused waiting media of “trying to get us attacked and murdered in South Africa”, entering into a particularly heated confrontation with one photographer nearly turning physical.
“All those rapists, they get to stay, I get detained six hours and they cancel my visa,” he said.
“I just stood there over some nonsense. What do you think, do you think it’s fair?”
Mr Gruter had been living in Australia for about three years when he was taken to Villawood and ultimately removed from the country.
The demonstration Mr Gruter took part in sparked nationwide furore.
Originally published as Deported neo-Nazi protester lands in South Africa after Australian visa cancelled
