Resettled Yazidis to be kept from public eye, say Liberals

Hundreds have already arrived, but the government will be going to 'some lengths' to keep the traumatized victims of Daesh out of the spotlight.
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen has faced pressure from the day he entered cabinet to move quickly to help Yazidi women in Iraq.
The government has been quietly resettling Yazidis for months, and will ramp up that effort in the months ahead, according to Canada's immigration minister. But much of the where, when, and who won't be made public. Minister Ahmed Hussen (York South-Weston, Ont.) announced Tuesday afternoon that C...

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