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Government needs to expand the 40,000 cap on Afghan refugees

IRCC says it has received expressions of interest from more than one million people trying to flee the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, but it's only accepting 40,000 people.

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser's response to criticism that the government has been slow to move the 40,000 refugees it committed to bringing to Canada has been consistent: the situation on the ground in Afghanistan is challenging. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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