Plan to bring 10,000 Uyghur refugees to Canada off to slow start, says advocacy group

No Uyghur refugees have been resettled in Canada yet, but hope persists that arrivals could begin in November, according to advocate Mehmet Tohti.

Immigration Minister Marc Miller included the proposed resettlement of Uyghur refugees in his plan for Canada's 2024-26 immigration levels.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

September 18, 2024

Progress has been slow on a new program to resettle Uyghur refugees in Canada as an advocacy group says none have yet to arrive after nine months.

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