Canada to Welcome 20,000 Afghan Refugees On Behalf Of US, Allies says immigration minister

In a significant development, Canada has decided to accept additional Afghan refugees on behalf of the United States and its Allies. Canadian Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino had earlier announced that the country would accommodate refugees by the US and its Allies. Canada has begun a humanitarian resettlement program under which over 800 refugees have been moved immigrated into the country.

Mendicino further announced that Canada would welcome all Afghan citizens who have helped NATO and Allied power missions in the war-torn country. Meanwhile, Canada has accelerated the process of evacuation of Afghans as the violence in Kabul escalates. In an official statement, Mendicino said that almost 1,000 Afghan refugees have already arrived in Canada and 175 Afghans and 13 foreign nationals were airlifted from Hamid Karzai International Airport, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said in a tweet on Thursday. Canada has deployed two of the largest C-17 aircraft for evacuation of Afghan citizens who helped missions against the Taliban over the years. The aircraft is to fly back and forth as long as possible, the Canadian Department of National Defence announced following Marco’s remarks. Two flights landed in Ottawa on Thursday carrying a bulk of Afghan émigrés

Mendicino wrote on Twitter that the country administration agreed to accept about 20,000 asylum seekers “focusing on women, girls, LGBTQ individuals, and targeted minorities,”. Meanwhile, the evacuation process has become a major topic as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has begun campaigns for a re-run. Canada deployed troops in Afghanistan as part of the NATO mission in 2001. Later in 2011, the Defense Forces withdrew its troops from the war-ravaged country following the death of the Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. However, it participated in another NATO-powered mission to train the Afghan military until 2014.

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