New Zealand becomes latest country to ban US influencer Candace Owens

The US conservative political influencer Candace Owens has been refused a visa to enter New Zealand.

Owens was due at a speaking engagement but was barred because she had been banned from another country, immigration officials said on Thursday.

News of the ruling came weeks after neighboring Australia also rejected her visa request, citing remarks in which she denied Nazi medical experimentation on Jews in concentration camps during World War II.

“From downplaying the impact of the Holocaust with comments about [Nazi doctor Josef] Mengele through to claims that Muslims started slavery, Candace Owens has the capacity to incite discord in almost every direction,” Immigration Minister Tony Burke told Australian outlets at the time.

“Australia’s national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else.”

“Tickets to these events are selling for $100,” he added in The Sydney Morning Herald. “I hope she has a good refunds policy.”

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