As part of the evacuation of Afghan refugees, a plane carrying 324 people from Pakistan landed in Winnipeg, the capital of the Canadian province of Manitoba.
The flight consist of interpreters and others who had worked with the Canadian forces and allied institutions, Khaama Press reported citing the Canadian Immigration Service. Following the fall of the Afghan government to the Taliban, the federal government committed to resettling 40,000 Afghans in Canada. This charter is a part of that commitment.
According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) figures, 17,655 Afghan citizens have been relocated to Canada since the evacuation process began. This process is still ongoing, and this department says that efforts are being made to relocate thousands more.
Through a humanitarian effort and a special immigration program for Afghans who supported the government, about 17,600 Afghans have been welcomed to Canada thus far, according to Khaama Press.
Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan on August 15, 2021. Since then, Afghanistan has seen the world’s “worst” humanitarian crisis, with millions of people struggling to get food on the table while losing basic rights for women and girls. Taliban have imposed policies severely restricting basic rights–particularly those of women and girls. The group decrees prohibit women from travelling unless accompanied by a male relative and require women’s faces to be covered in public–including women TV newscasters.