More than 7,000 Sudanese applied to come to Canada under temporary humanitarian program to help people fleeing conflict in the country, but only about 180 have arrived so far
A woman collects food at a location set up by a local humanitarian organizations to donate meals and medication to people displaced by the war in Sudan, on Jan. 9.The civil war in Sudan was called the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world” by the African Union on Tuesday, as the ruinous conflict between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces nears its two-year anniversary.
Members of Canada’s Sudanese community say long delays in processing applications and hurdles requiring people to cross the conflict zone, including areas controlled by militia, into neighbouring countries to get biometric checks, are causing anguish and, in some cases, panic. Sadia Araa, a pharmacy technician in Ottawa, applied nearly a year ago to bring her mother, brother and sister to Canada. They are from the Zaghawa ethnic minority whose villages have been burned by the RSF rebels, and she fears for their safety. She said her elderly mother walked for days with her sister, in the absence of transportation, to reach a centre that could carry out the medical checks required by Ottawa.
“It is very painful, to be honest with you, and you don’t know what to do. You cannot leave your jobs here. You cannot go back. You don’t have your family here. It’s a nightmare,” he said. Despite repeated calls and e-mails to IRCC, and talking to her local MP, she says she cannot get an answer about why the applications are “stuck in Ottawa.”
Rémi Larivière, a spokesperson for IRCC, said “Canada remains deeply concerned by the ongoing conflict in Sudan. We empathize with those in this extremely difficult situation.”
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