NDP presses Diab over two-year study permit delays for Gazan students accepted to Canadian universities

NDP MP Heather McPherson says the government's failure to expedite these applications is 'an international embarrassment.'
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Lena Diab is facing pressure from the NDP and academics over delayed study permit applications for Palestinian students.

More than 130 students from Gaza who were accepted into 26 Canadian universities remain in limbo as delays on study permit applications stretch toward two years, and New Democrats are pressing Immigration Minister Lena Diab to explain the delays and move the files forward.

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