Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): The government of Canada has announced that the country has been able to complete the process of accepting 40,000 Afghan refugees.
Mark Miller, the Minister of Immigrant Affairs of the Government of Canada, said in his latest statement on Monday, the eighth of Scorpio, that the government of this country was able to achieve its goal ahead of schedule and accept the request of 40,000 Afghan refugees to this country.
"We are processing and processing the immigration applications we have already received, and we will accept more Afghan immigrants through regular immigration programs, including refugee resettlement and family sponsorship," Miller said.
Canada has accepted the process of accepting 40,000 Afghan refugees after the fall of the previous Afghan government in August 2021, Canada pledged to accept 40,000 Afghan refugees whose lives are in danger.
Earlier, the spokesperson of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said that his country is committed to its commitment to resettle nearly 40,000 Afghans, which is one of the largest resettlement programs in the world, by the end of 2023. .
Among the Afghan refugees who have been accepted in Canada so far, there are more than ten thousand people who worked for Canadian institutions and programs in Afghanistan. In addition, more than 16 thousand other people, especially women and civil society activists, have been accepted in this country under humanitarian considerations.