CTV National News' London Bureau Chief Paul Workman is writing about life under lockdown in the United Kingdom's capital on CTVNews.ca.
The uncle of Amira, a five-year-old Canadian orphan trapped in Syria, has been petitioning Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne to get her home but has yet to hear a response. As we in the first world struggle with life under lockdown, thousands of foreign women and children in eastern Syria are living under real lockdown -- and just as afraid as we are about becoming infected.
“I understand that my request may seem audacious,” he wrote, “but I have been left with no other choice.”“I have yet to receive any response regarding my request to speak with you concerning Amira's repatriation.” “When I visited Amira her tiny face lit up,” he told Minister Champagne. “It was the first time in a year that my niece was hugged and kissed by a family member.”After an hour, Kurdish intelligence officials stepped in and told him his time was up. A staff member led Amira away, with the assurance that her uncle would be back and would take her home.
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