It was heralded as a win. In October, 2021, FIFA, soccer’s international governing body, was celebrating having helped more than 150 people escape Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
The senior official said none of those Afghans made formal applications to come to Canada under the government’s special immigration programs for Afghan refugees. Since The Globe first reported on the letters from Ms. McPhedran’s office, the government has repeatedly said that even authentic facilitation letters could never on their own have been used to enter Canada. Their purpose was to get people who had been approved for resettlement in Canada past checkpoints in Kabul.
FIFA is paying for accommodation, meals, health care services and security. The group is also receiving counselling support, English lessons, and a US$50 monthly stipend for each person.
globeandmail Should be an interesting bit of testimony from Sen. McPhedran, LLB, LLM about working outside the Constitutional framework of the Government in sending 671 letters.
globeandmail Keep them there.
globeandmail Not our problem
Good..send them back...but wanna bet Trudope let's em all in?
globeandmail albania is a safe country they can live there