Ottawa to help resettle 600 LGBTQ Afghans to Canada: Refugee group
“We continue to explore all avenues and maximize every opportunity to bring Afghans to Canada as quickly and safely as possible,” department spokesman Jeffrey MacDonald said in an emailed statement.The department says it is “unwavering” in its pledge to resettle 40,000 Afghans by the end of 2023. As of Dec. 14, 26,735 had arrived.
The department has funded LGBTQ refugee groups and worked with them to help people claim refugee status through the United Nations process, but Rainbow Railroad has said that the arrangement is inadequate and doesn’t work quickly enough.Human-rights groups have reported an alarming rise in physical assaults, sexual violence and systemic targeting of LGBTQ people in
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