Tag: resettlement
12 months ago
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They worked with Canada. But Ottawa denies it owes these Afghans quick help

Ottawa argues it’s not responsible for the risks and hardships faced by a group of 25 Afghans, who have been threaten...

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over 1 year ago
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Her family fled the Taliban. But Canadian delays could see them forced back to Afghanistan

Tajikistan has started sending refugees back to Afghanistan, even those accepted for resettlement in the West, includ...

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about 2 years ago
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‘My dream is that I can live freely’: This refugee is among the LGBTQ+ Afghans who are waiting on...

More than 50 LGBTQ+ Afghan refugees have requested resettlement in Canada through the private sponsorship program. So...

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about 2 years ago
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This nine-year-old Afghan boy is stuck waiting for Canada to let his parents come join him in Tor...

Canada has blamed the slow resettlement of Afghans on the logistical challenges in getting them out of Afghanistan sa...

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over 2 years ago
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This Afghan Canadian rallied a group to sponsor her sister to come to Canada. A piece of paper st...

Naik Arbabzada formed a group to sponsor her sister’s family to Canada but they hit a bureaucratic snag just as Ottaw...

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over 2 years ago
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Left behind in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, here is the story of how one interpreter and his f...

Since the withdrawal of the U.S. and allied forces from Kabul, 90 per cent of Afghan applicants under Canada’s specia...

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almost 3 years ago
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‘We need to speak up so people in Canada can hear our voice’: Afghan interpreters here break sile...

For almost a decade, they’ve lived an invisible and unremarkable life in Canada for fear of reprisals from the Taliba...

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almost 3 years ago
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They waited and waited for good news. Now, Canada is giving Afghan civilians who worked with its ...

After a long delay in coming up with plan to resettle former Afghan employees threatened by the Taliban, Ottawa has g...

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almost 3 years ago
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Ottawa to speed up immigration applications of former Afghan interpreters threatened by the Taliban

Ottawa announced on Friday it would immediately process the resettlement of its former Afghan interpreters and local ...

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almost 3 years ago
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Canadian veterans pay out of pocket to rescue their Afghan comrades ‘stranded’ in war zone: ‘It’s...

Over the weekend, a group of Canadian war veterans executed their own virtual evacuation plans to get about 20 Afghan...

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almost 3 years ago
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‘Nail-biting anxiety’ as Canada’s former Afghan interpreters and staffers wait for Ottawa rescue ...

The federal government has been slammed for its slow response to save its former Afghan staff from Taliban threats. “...

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almost 3 years ago
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He worked with Canadian soldiers. He helped try to save Capt. Nichola Goddard. Now this Afghan in...

With the imminent exit of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan, war veterans are urging Ottawa to resettle endangere...

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about 3 years ago
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They came to Canada as refugees. Now they’ve written the stories of the world they left behind — ...

For two years, these Syrian newcomers attended a weekly writing workshop to put their personal stories on paper. Now,...

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over 3 years ago
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Five years ago, they were known as ‘Syrian refugees.’ Today, they became ‘Syrian Canadians’

‘Coming to Canada was a moment of getting into heaven’. Over five years, this country has welcomed almost 73,000 Syri...

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