Today, the Refugee Advisory Network of Canada (RAN Canada) issued the following statement to the Government of Canada on Humanitarian Response to Resettle Afghan Refugees and Migrants.<\/p>\n
For enquiries relating to this statement, contact RAN Canada: all@rancanada.ca<\/a><\/p>\n Version fran\u00e7aise ci-dessous<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n \n\t\tDownload the full statement<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n Following the extremely horrifying and devastating situation in Afghanistan including the siege of Kabul and Kandahar by Taliban, the world is witnessing firsthand the sense of fear among many Afghan nationals. The Government of Canada\u2019s commitment to resettle 20, 000 Afghan refugees focusing on women, girls, LGBTQI+ individuals and targeted minorities is very commendable and promises to address this gross humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n Ahead of the September 20th elections announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the sensitivities around this evolving humanitarian crisis cannot and should not be undermined. At-risk Afghans fleeing atrocities in their home state associated with political tools and aspirations contradicts the tenets of humanitarian interventions and protecting persons forced to flee. Similarly, evacuation plans to resettle at-risk Afghan nationals should not be considered as a substitute to commitments to Afghans already awaiting humanitarian and refugee assistance.<\/p>\n While the Afghanistan situation is of drastic and immediate concern, Canada and the international community cannot forget the equally important humanitarian assistance needed in other dire situations and countries like Haiti and Ethiopia. The tragic effects of this 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Haiti includes a death toll of more than 2,200 people and about 60,000 homes destroyed. This is a reminder that concerns around climate change cannot remain marginalized. Likewise, the great famine, mass murder and gender-based violence resulting from the armed conflicts in Ethiopia\u2019s Tigray region cannot be merely talking points by the international humanitarian community. A lot more needs to be done.<\/p>\n The Government of Canada\u2019s contributions and commitments thus far have been very commendable. We, the Refugee Advisory Network of Canada encourage the government to scale up these efforts as the needs for global humanitarian assistance continue to evolve.<\/p>\n \n\t\tT\u00e9l\u00e9charger la d\u00e9claration compl\u00e8te<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n \u00c0 la suite de la situation extr\u00eamement horrifiante et d\u00e9vastatrice en Afghanistan, notamment le si\u00e8ge de Kaboul et de Kandahar par les Talibans, le monde est le t\u00e9moin direct du sentiment de peur chez de nombreux ressortissants afghans. L’engagement du gouvernement du Canada \u00e0 r\u00e9installer 20 000 r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s afghans en mettant l’accent sur les femmes, les filles, les personnes LGBTQI+ et les minorit\u00e9s cibl\u00e9es est tr\u00e8s louable et promet de r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 cette crise humanitaire flagrante.<\/p>\n \u00c0 l’approche des \u00e9lections du 20 septembre annonc\u00e9es par le Premier ministre Justin Trudeau, les sensibilit\u00e9s li\u00e9es \u00e0 cette crise humanitaire en constante \u00e9volution ne peuvent et ne doivent pas \u00eatre n\u00e9glig\u00e9es. Les Afghans en danger qui fuient les atrocit\u00e9s commises dans leur pays d’origine en raison d’outils et d’aspirations politiques contredisent les principes des interventions humanitaires et de la protection des personnes forc\u00e9es \u00e0 fuir. De m\u00eame, les plans d’\u00e9vacuation visant \u00e0 r\u00e9installer les ressortissants afghans \u00e0 risque ne doivent pas \u00eatre consid\u00e9r\u00e9s comme un substitut aux engagements pris envers les Afghans qui attendent impatiemment de l\u2019aide humanitaire et une assistance aux r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s.<\/p>\n Bien que la situation de l’Afghanistan soit une pr\u00e9occupation drastique et imm\u00e9diate, le Canada et la communaut\u00e9 internationale ne peuvent pas oublier l’aide humanitaire tout aussi importante qui est n\u00e9cessaire dans d’autres situations d\u00e9sastreuses et dans des pays comme Ha\u00efti et l’\u00c9thiopie. Les effets tragiques de ce tremblement de terre de magnitude 7,2 en Ha\u00efti comprennent un bilan de plus de 2 200 morts et environ 60 000 maisons d\u00e9truites. Cela nous rappelle que les pr\u00e9occupations li\u00e9es au changement climatique ne peuvent rester marginalis\u00e9es. De m\u00eame, la grande famine, les meurtres de masse et la violence sexiste r\u00e9sultant des conflits arm\u00e9s dans la r\u00e9gion du Tigr\u00e9 en \u00c9thiopie ne doivent pas \u00eatre de simples sujets de discussion pour la communaut\u00e9 humanitaire internationale. Il faut en faire beaucoup plus.<\/p>\n Les contributions et les engagements du gouvernement du Canada jusqu’\u00e0 pr\u00e9sent ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tr\u00e8s satisfaisants. Toutefois, nous, le R\u00e9seau consultatif canadien sur les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s, encourageons le gouvernement \u00e0 intensifier ses efforts, car les besoins d’aide humanitaire mondiale continuent \u00e0 s\u2019accro\u00eetre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today, the Refugee Advisory Network of Canada (RAN Canada) issued the following statement to the Government of Canada on Humanitarian Response to Resettle Afghan Refugees and Migrants. For enquiries relating to this statement, contact RAN Canada: all@rancanada.ca Version fran\u00e7aise ci-dessous Statement by the Refugee Advisory Network of Canada to the Government of Canada on Humanitarian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,121],"tags":[558],"yoast_head":"\nStatement by the Refugee Advisory Network of Canada to the Government of Canada on Humanitarian Response to Resettle Afghan Refugees and Migrants<\/h3>\n
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<\/a> D\u00e9claration du R\u00e9seau consultatif canadien pour les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s au gouvernement du Canada sur l’intervention humanitaire visant \u00e0 r\u00e9installer les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s et les migrants afghans<\/h3>\n