Government needs to expand the 40,000 cap on Afghan refugees

IRCC says it has received expressions of interest from more than one million people trying to flee the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, but it's only accepting 40,000 people.

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser's response to criticism that the government has been slow to move the 40,000 refugees it committed to bringing to Canada has been consistent: the situation on the ground in Afghanistan is challenging. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY EDITORIAL

February 13, 2023

After the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, the Canadian government committed to taking in 40,000 Afghan refugees shortly thereafter. But ever since then, there have been complaints that the government's efforts have been too slow, and the hoops they require pros...

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