As the West opens its doors to Ukraine, millions more refugees suffer around the world
Former refugee wants help offered to Ukraine extended to all refugeesHe spent the next 12 years living at Kakuma Refugee Camp, a sprawling encampment with 200,000 residents built beneath the scorching Kenyan sun.
Canada, for example, has said it will give temporary residency and work permits to an unlimited number of Ukrainians. It has also promised to create a new “expedited path” for permanent residency for Ukrainian citizens with relatives living in Canada.Alfred Maluach came to Canada in 2011 to study at the University of Toronto. Before that he lived in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya.
He also points out that Canada’s offer to help people fleeing the Russian invasion has only been extended to Ukrainian citizens – not everyone who was living in Ukraine and escaped the war.While living in the UN-run camp in Kenya, Maluach applied to study in Australia. He said he eventually gave up on the idea when he didn’t hear back. He then applied to study in Canada and said it took two years to get accepted.
Estimates from the World Bank and UN say the average length of time it takes for refugees to be resettled in a safe third country is between 10 and 26 years. These precarious circumstances often mean refugees are denied access to work, health care, education and other social services.
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