Interpreters who worked with Canadian Forces in Afghanistan, with tape over their mouths to symbolize a hunger strike, gather on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 15, 2021.Canada is not acting fast enough to help at-risk Afghans leave their country, which has now been under Taliban control for close to two months, retired major-general Denis Thompson warns.
Since foreign military airlifts ended around the end of August, non-government organizations working with the Veterans Transition Network have only managed to extract a small number of Afghans destined for Canada: 263 overland to Pakistan and another 84 by flights from the Kabul airport, Mr. Thompson said.But, Mr. Thompson warned, they cannot wait that long.
That’s a problem for many of the at-risk Afghans waiting for a route out of their country and who fear retribution from the Taliban. Most lack passports. The department of Global Affairs did not immediately respond to a request on what it’s doing to ease Afghans’ entry into Pakistan. Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau told reporters in August that Canadian diplomats will be ready to receive anyone who can make it to Pakistan. “We have consulates in Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi and we will be waiting there for them,” the minister said at the time.
Despite VTN’s concerns, Mr. Laidler made a point of noting that the group has established good channels of communication with the offices of Mr. Garneau and Mr. Mendicino. “Since the airlift stopped we have had at the VTN a much better working relationship with the minister’s office at Immigration and Global Affairs. We really appreciate the lines of communication that have now been opened ... to find a solution to this problem.
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