Afghan-Canadians who worked for the Canadian military in Afghanistan are asking the Federal Court to declare a special immigration program for Ukrainians in breach of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and expand it to include nationals from all countries.
Two Afghan-Canadian men filed the lawsuit this week in a move they say may also be the last step left in a long fight by former language and cultural advisers to rescue their families from abroad.
with the government over the fact they’d initially been completely shut out of immigration programs for Afghans set up in the wake of that country’s collapse to the Taliban in 2021. When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021, Ottawa found itself rushing to find ways to rescue Afghans who’d worked alongside Canadian forces there.
The lawsuit argues that program is too limited in scope compared to the one Canada put in place for Ukrainians. The policy for LCAs requires applicants to have been in Afghanistan on or after July 22, 2021 and meet a specific definition of family member. A maximum of 380 applications are being accepted.
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