{"id":6243,"date":"2022-03-26T19:13:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T20:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panahandenews.com\/end\/canadachangeonlineforafghan\/"},"modified":"2022-09-16T23:32:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T19:02:56","slug":"canadachangeonlineforafghan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panahandenews.com\/en\/canadachangeonlineforafghan\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada changes online criteria for Afghan refugee program; only those who fled eligible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The online criteria for the other program, which is aimed at interpreters and others who helped Canada during its military mission as well as embassy staff, still allows those inside Afghanistan to apply.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Global News &#8211; <\/strong>The Canadian government has quietly changed the criteria on its website for a special program for vulnerable Afghan refugees so that only those who have already managed to escape to other countries are eligible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The online criteria for the \u201cspecial humanitarian program\u201d used to include Afghans \u201cwho are in Afghanistan or outside of Afghanistan,\u201d but it was changed this month to apply only to those \u201coutside of Afghanistan.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The program is one of two set up to help bring&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/8225421\/unga-2021-canada-committed-to-welcoming-40000-afghan-refugees-garneau-says\"><span style=\"color: windowtext;\">40,000 Afghan refugees to Canada<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;and is intended for vulnerable groups including women leaders, persecuted religious or ethnic minorities, LGBTQ people, and journalists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The online criteria for the other program, which is aimed at interpreters and others who helped Canada during its military mission as well as embassy staff, still allows those inside Afghanistan to apply.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The government said Monday that the change to the website was a \u201ccommunications rather than a policy change.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Alex Cohen, a spokesman for Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino, said Canada would continue to do its utmost to help vulnerable Afghans inside and outside the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Since the Taliban seized Kabul and took control in August, it has been increasingly difficult to get people out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Canada ended its airlift mission from Kabul near the end of August as the U.S. was completing its own withdrawal from the country. 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