Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says a plan is being finalized to bring Afghan interpreters and their families to Canada "as quickly as possible."
The interpreters and other contractors, who worked for the Canadian Armed Forces during the Afghanistan war, now face retribution and possibly death from a resurgent Taliban.
Mendicino said his department is working with Global Affairs and the Department of National Defence to finalize "an operational plan that would create a corridor for Afghan interpreters, locally engaged staff and their families."
Afghan interpreters worked with Canadian troops during the war to connect them with local leaders, translate conversations and help build trust on the ground. Considered traitors by some in their country, translators say they live in fear of being attacked or killed.
Last month, The Current spoke to Abdul, a translator in Afghanistan who has received threats against his life and the lives of his family over the work he did with Canada's armed forces.
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