Central Nova MP Sean Fraser says the latest arrival of a planeload of Afghan refugees to Canada
Central Nova MP Sean Fraser (House of Commons photo)
Credit: Bernard Thibodeau, House of Commons Photo Services
is particularly special. Fraser, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship says of the more than 250 Afghans that arrived in the country recently, 170 were human-rights defenders.
Fraser says work has been quietly ongoing for several months to identify and arrange transport of human-rights defenders to Canada.
So far, the federal government has resettled 6,750 Afghans.