Canada stops accepting applicants for special Afghan immigration program

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Published at : July 17, 2022
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The federal government is quietly shuttering the Special Immigration Measures program to bring over Afghans who worked with Canada during the war. It has advocates worried about the people who could be left behind, and the danger facing them.

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