Ashraf alTahir, president of the Sudanese Canadian Communities Association, says the umbrella organization of groups based across the country has written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly
He says the diaspora are prepared to pay any associated costs, but need the government to put a program in place.
Late Friday, the federal government said it deployed members of its Global Affairs Standing Rapid Deployment Team to Djibouti due to the volatile and rapidly deteriorating situation in Sudan. The federal government says the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces are also planning for contingencies but gave no further details.
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