KABUL (Pajhwok): The office of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has said 350 more Afghan nationals were evacuated last Friday to that country.
The IRCC, in a series of tweets said, the Afghan immigrants were evacuated last Friday.
“The evacuees will settle in 20 different communities of Canada like Calgary, London, Ottawa and Toronto,” IRCC said.
These new arrivals will join 26,735 Afghan refugees in Canada who have been already settled in that country, IRCC added.
Canadian officials said among these immigrants, there are some Afghan nationals who worked with Canadian forces or other institutions related to that country.
Canada has expressed its commitment to the resettlement of at least 40,000 Afghans until the end of 2023, who will have job opportunities in that country as well.
Since the beginning of immigration program, 23,000 Afghan nationals have been evacuated to Canada so far.
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