Canada Has Promised to Resettle LGBTQ+ Afghans and Female Judges
Reuters.The LGBTQ+ Afghans were referred to the Canadian government by an unnamed third-party aid organization, the spokesperson told the news agency.
No date for their arrival to Canada has been released.Canada previously said it would take in 40,000 Afghan refugees but has given no timeline on doing so.
Reuters reports that the Canadian government has resettled 3,915 Afghans who had connections to the Canadian government and another 2,535 who were resettled on humanitarian grounds.LGBTQ+ Afghans have faced persecution since the Taliban took control of the country after U.S.
troop withdrawal in August. There have been media reports of the group attacking LGBTQ+ people. The international LGBTQ+ group Rainbow Railroad even claimed a hit list of LGBTQ+ people was being circulated by the Taliban.Women’s rights in Afghanistan have also been of concern now the Taliban have taken back power since they ruled from 1996 to 2001.
