[Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to "cede" land to Ukraine, and a million refugees will enter the Canadian province] Source: Winnipeg Intelligence Station
According to information recently released by the Winnipeg Intelligence Station, on March 6, thousands of people gathered around the Manitoba legislature to speak out in support of Ukrainians at home and abroad, calling for peace and an end to the Russian invasion. Of these, about 350,000 Manitobas are of Ukrainian descent. Many painted Ukrainian flags on their faces in blue and yellow paint, waved ukrainian flags in their hands, and dressed in traditional Ukrainian costumes as a sign of support for Ukraine.
Trudeau agreed to take in all Ukrainian refugees
Valerii Pasko's parents are in their 70s, and although he urged his parents to flee quickly, they chose to stay in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. While he was worried about them, Pasko said seeing the unity of the world and support for the Ukrainian people gave his family a lot of hope.
Pasko hopes more Ukrainians will settle in Manitoba, where the climate is similar to Ukraine's, and there are also large Ukrainian communities.
On top of that, Canada's Trudeau has now agreed to take in all Ukrainian refugees.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, at least 351 civilians have been killed and 707 injured, and the true number may be even higher. The UN REFUGEE agency estimates that the number of refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine could reach 1.5 million, the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said Canada was waiving most of its visa requirements so that Ukrainian refugees could get Canadian status sooner rather than later. The federal government has created two new pathways for Ukrainians fleeing war-torn countries to come to Canada — part of a plan to accept an "unlimited number" of people who want to leave.
A special area is allocated to Ukrainian refugees
Meanwhile, the government is introducing a "fast track" to permanent residency for Ukrainians with families in Canada. The minister said "wider family members" would be able to sponsor Ukrainians who wanted to settle in Canada. Due to the instability of the situation in Russia and Ukraine, it can be expected that more and more Ukrainian refugees will travel to Canada.
Trudeau's government will consider allocating a special area to Ukrainian refugees for settlement.
This area is likely to be in Manitoba...
Winnipeg women want to simplify the immigration process
Anastasia Aslanova's mother, sister and two nieces finally entered Poland after spending the night in an underground parking lot in Kiev.
Meanwhile, Aslanova's brother had to stay behind to help civilians leave his hometown of Kharkiv.
The youngest niece was frightened by the alarm: "Can you hear my heartbeat?" Can you touch it? Am I okay? ”
Terrified, Aslanova traveled all the way from Winnipeg to find a safe route out of town for her family and their four pets, and finally found their whereabouts a few days earlier using the location function of her iPhone.
"They jumped into the car at 7am and they managed to get out of Kiev. It was a terrible, sleepless night. ”
Now they have arrived in Krakow, the capital of Poland, to live with more than a million other refugees, family members they have just met (TV series), which gives them a slight sigh of relief.
But their journey is far from over. Next, before applying for a visa for Aslanova's sister and niece, they will live with friends in Germany and wait for Canada to set up a fast visa program.
On Thursday, the immigration minister announced that Canada was developing a Canada-Ukraine emergency travel authorization for those fleeing the country with the aim of being ready within two weeks.
The federal government plans to offer these low-overall visas to an unlimited number of people who wish to study or work in Canada for two years, provided they are able to meet background checks and security checks, including biometrics.
Canada's immigration minister says they have done the job in more than 30 diplomatic positions in Europe. Applications only take a few weeks to process, not the usual year. Aslanova hopes this is a more streamlined process than the general temporary resident visa application.
"They used to ask for a lot of information, like you have to provide bank statements, information about owning property in Ukraine and similar information. Obviously, it is not possible to provide these now. I hope Canada will remove the requirement for biometrics, fingerprints and other things because it's logically hard to come by. ”
Aslanova and her family have hope that they can spend the summer in Winnipeg and find some normal life for their children.
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