‘What a hypocrisy’: Afghan journalist wants Canada to reunite him with his family
Habib Zahori is used to telling other people’s stories. He’s an Afghan journalist who lives in Ottawa and worked for The Washington Post and New York Times in Afghanistan.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged to permanently resettle 40,000 Afghans in Canada. As of mid-April, about 10,000 people have arrived in Canada.Habib Zahori To qualify for this special humanitarian program, a person must have already left Afghanistan, must be living in a situation that the government considers untenable, and must be sponsored by a humanitarian group, such as the UN Refugee Agency.‘They’re really at the mercy of governments’: Afghan refugees losing hope for Canadian help
“There’s this world of very privileged people who can travel around the world without any problem, and then there are the rest of us,” Zahori said.Zahori’s struggle to reunite with his family is happening when global attention is focussed on the Ukrainian refugee crisis.Canada has pledged to give temporary residence to an unlimited number of Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion. Ukrainians can live, work and study in Canada for up to three years.
“Individuals would be considered refugees when there are no other durable solutions. That is not currently the case in Ukraine because people have fled to the ‘relative stability of safe neighboring countries’ where Canadian officials can process applications.”But migration experts say that’s what nearly all refugees want: to be free of danger and to live in a safe place until they can return home.
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