A parliamentary report slams the government for its slow response in handling the Afghan refugee crisis while issuing recommendations on how it can help bring Afghans to Canada faster.
, released on Wednesday, outlines its 37 recommendations, which include allowing the minister to lift biometric and passport requirements, introducing special visas, establishing refugee sponsorship programs, and establishing air gateways if needed.
Canada's response to the crisis has been criticized for lacking efficiency. The special committee wrote that the government "should have compelled greater urgency and a more systematic policy and planning effort across the Canadian government to help people reach safety before it became much harder to do so."
"Getting someone out of Afghanistan, it's just a question of logistics. We can make it happen. The biggest challenges are the bureaucratic obstacles," he told CTV News. "If we can find a way to do undocumented moves so that people can go without a passport and without a visa and just get directly out of the country, that's what we certainly support."
"I believe that the Government of Canada owes them. I owe them. They worked with utmost loyalty and professionalism to serve the Canadian mission, and now we see them to be in danger," he told CTV News. "There are no lost applications, and I don’t think it’s responsible to be framing things that way," he told reporters on Thursday.
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