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No refuge in the time of COVID: Iraqi family waits for Canada to reschedule asylum interview


No refuge in the time of COVID: Iraqi family waits for Canada to reschedule asylum interview
Chris Hall
© Submitted by the Wada family
Ali Wada, his wife, and two children pictured in 2019. Wada said it s been hard to focus on his family here in Canada given the uncertainty of his sister s plight in Turkey.
If one thing has become clear during the COVID-19 pandemic, it s that there s no refuge from the virus in Canada or internationally   including for people trying to find safety in this country as refugees. 
As COVID-19 shut down economies and closed borders, it also left many people fleeing persecution and death with nowhere to go. That includes the family of Ali Wada, who s trying to sponsor his sister, Nadheerah, and her family who are caught in a bureaucratic limbo in Turkey.  ....

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