\u0027I just have this worry that those spots (in the program) are running out and they were taken by people who were not actually eligible\u0027
“They’re messing everything up,” complained Abdul Ahmadullah, lauded for his work as an interpreter for Canadian army personnel from 2007-2011. He has been approved under the program but is still in Kabul.Robin Rickards, a Forces veteran at the forefront of the efforts to evacuate former employees, said he’s aware of some of the schemes but doesn’t know of anyone who’s actually been approved by IRCC using phoney papers.
Veterans groups have asked the government to take over paying for the accommodation, but Ottawa has yet to promise any funding.Article content The first example Oates said she saw of unqualified people apparently winning acceptance was a man who managed to board one of the Canadian evacuation flights with 14 family members. A relative in another country had convinced a Canadian senator to write a letter supporting his application, though he had never worked for a Canadian entity, she said.
Oates said she was told last week of another person who reportedly arrived in Calgary under the program but has never worked for Canada. A Canadian coalition forces member walks through an Evacuation Control Checkpoint during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 24, 2021.While the National Defence Department has gone to some lengths to verify that applicants did, in fact, work for the military, she said no one in government has asked her to confirm the identities of her employees — whether they were approved or not.
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