Canadian hurdles keep Afghan refugee offer out of reach
As the confusion continues, planes are starting to arrive carrying people from Afghanistan. Trudeau confirmed that 92 people arrived on Canadian soil last night alone — and more will be coming.
The 20,000 vulnerable Afghans who will be welcomed into the country “in the coming months,” Cohen added, will be those “who’ve been forced to flee their country.” The focus, he said, will be placed on “women and girls, religious minorities, LGBTQ individuals and others.”
“This is not an evacuation, but rather a major refugee resettlement initiative,” Cohen explained.
The initiative is totally separate from other plans the government had already announced to expand the number of refugees they’d bring into Canada this year, he added.
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