Federal NDP immigration critic Jenny Kwan said that if Canada expects former Afghan advisers to go through existing immigration streams, it 'might as well just give them a death sentence.'
A Taliban flag is seen in a military position on a hilltop in Kabul, Afghanistan October 7, 2021. Picture taken October 7, 2021.
Now, a year after some of these advisers asked Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to help their family members get out of Afghanistan, they say nothing has happened."All the killers I helped to put behind the bars are now on the streets. They recognize me," said Ahmad Malgarai, who is among the four men who filed the complaint. He served with the Canadian military in Kandahar from 2007 to 2008.
"They cancelled at the last moment on Monday night," Amir Attaran, a University of Ottawa law professor who is representing the four complainants, said. "We understand that this meeting will not be a settlement negotiation and that it is not expected that IRCC be in a position to respond to, or make, a settlement offer," IRCC wrote in the email. "We are open to hearing from the Complainants and note that we may not be in a position to answer all of their questions. As previously stated, IRCC is not in a position to negotiate a settlement and our representatives will not have a mandate to settle on Thursday.
A year after Taliban takeover, advisers still pleading for help to bring families to Canada from AfghanistanFederal NDP immigration critic Jenny Kwan said that if Canada expects these families to go through existing immigration streams, it "might as well just give them a death sentence." A Toronto resident who CBC News has agreed to identify only by his code-name Akbar, who worked with the Canadian forces from 2007 to 2009, submitted a"If Canada had acted sooner, my mom would be here with me, alive," he said.
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