Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says the flights will be available to some of the more than 90,000 Ukrainians approved for emergency travel to Canada
Fraser says all three flights will depart from Poland, with seating available on a first come, first served basis.
The government says thousands of Ukrainians have arrived in Canada since Russian forces first attacked in late February, and Fraser says it’s unclear how many more will come. “It’s difficult to predict where it’s going to end up because what we’re hearing on the ground is there’s a lot of people who are taking it out on a speculative basis so to speak to monitor the situation on the ground in Ukraine, to figure out whether it’s something they’re going to need to avail themselves of.”
“One of the challenges is that people who had applied for visas were not where they were they applied for visas,” he said.
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