Canada votes to take in 10,000 Uyghur refugees amid Chinese pressure to force their return
Move shows ‘what is happening to the Uyghurs is unacceptable’, says MP after non-binding parliamentary ballot with prime minister’s support
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Move shows ‘what is happening to the Uyghurs is unacceptable’, says MP after non-binding parliamentary ballot with prime minister’s support
Ottawa, Canada - Canada's parliament on Wednesday unanimously passed a motion to take in 10,000 Uyghur refugees who fled China but are now facing pre
Canada's parliament on Wednesday unanimously passed a motion to take in 10,000 Uyghur refugees who fled China but are now facing pressure to return.
Motion passed by MPs accuses China of exerting pressure on countries hosting Uyghur refugees Canada is once again supporting the Uyghurs. MPs on Wednesday passed a motion to welcome 10,000 Uyghur refugees who fled China and continue to be "bullied" by Beijing. This motion, tabled at the initiative of the Liberals, currently in power, was adopted unanimously. The text aims to "accelerate the entry into the country of 10,000 Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in need of protection for a peri
Members of Parliament have unanimously called on Ottawa to start a refugee program to resettle 10,000 Uyghurs fleeing persecution in China.