The first 'of a number of flights' carrying Afghan refugees who helped Canadian military personnel while deployed in Afghanistan has arrived in Canada.
OTTAWA -- The first “of a number of flights” carrying Afghan refugees who helped Canadian military personnel while deployed in Afghanistan has arrived in Canada.
CTV News cameras at the Toronto Pearson International Airport spotted more than three dozen Afghan refugees leaving a military transport on Wednesday evening, including several children and seniors. “The government has been seized with the urgency on the ground and is working as quickly as possible to resettle Afghan nationals who put themselves at great risk to support Canada’s work in Afghanistan,” the IRCC statement read. “We have been working around the clock to identify individuals eligible to come to Canada under this special immigration program.”
“They're really scared because, for how long they can live there? And they can't even get out of the house,” Ahmad said. "We are very much hopeful that the overall situation will get improved to the extent that no one will have to leave the country in the months to come."The Canadian government has faced mounting pressure over the past days and weeks for not resettling the refugees sooner.
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