Canada To Accept 20,000 Vulnerable Afghans Including LGBTQ+ Citizens, Women Leaders

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Canada announced plans to resettle more than 20,000 vulnerable Afghans including women leaders, human rights workers, members of the LGBTQ+ community and reporters to protect them from imminent Taliban reprisals, Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino told reporters on Friday.

#BREAKING Canada to accept 20,000 Afghan refugees, prioritizing the most vulnerable women leaders, human rights defenders, journalists, religious minorities, LGBTQ+, and families of already resettled interpreters

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According to Reuters, the effort is in addition to an earlier initiative to welcome thousands of Afghans who worked for the Canadian government, such as interpreters, embassy workers and their families.

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