News Conference: Government Officials and Women Haven

news conference: That won't change, say government officials who are protecting the identity of the asylum seekers because of just how vulnerable they are, according to National Observer. Some of these women haven't even told their own families about what they experienced at the hands of their persecutors, associate deputy immigration minister Dawn Edlund told a news conference alongside Hussen. But unlike the thousands of refugees fleeing violence in Syria who were greeted by flashing cameras and intense public exposure, the Yazidis have been entering the country with no fanfare. Others are worried that, should their identities be revealed, the family members and friends they've left behind will face retribution, she said. But Rempel, who commended the Liberals for taking in the Yazidis after her own previous Conservative government failed to act, said she's been shocked by the stories she's heard and amazed by the resilience of the survivors of rape, torture and other unspeakable atrocities. Hussen wouldn't detail the experiences the Yazidis have endured, encouraging reporters to instead seek out the information from United Nations reports that have chronicled their fate at the hands of extremists bent on genocide. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.