Canada to Resettle Female Afghan Judges and Families Living in Limbo

Canada will take in female Afghan judges and their families who have been living in limbo since their evacuation from Afghanistan in the fall. In addition, Canada will resettle an unspecified number of Afghans from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities who had been referred by a third-party aid organization, said a spokesperson for the immigration minister.

Since the Taliban took control of the country after the U.S. troop withdrawal in August, Canada has resettled 3,915 Afghans with connections to the Canadian government and another 2,535 on humanitarian grounds, according to government figures...

 

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