Canadian MPs unanimously vote to resettle 10,000 displaced Uyghurs
The motion, which is not binding, calls on Canada to develop a plan within four months to take in 10,000 Uyghur people over the course of two years.Story continues below advertisement
The idea is to resettle people from countries such as Turkey rather than directly from China, with Zuberi arguing there is no safe way to do the latter. The Commons passed a motion in February 2021 that recognized China’s treatment of the Uyghur people as a genocide, though Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet abstained from the vote, saying more international investigations were needed.
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