I Couldn and Name

work: This is leading to work permits being issued with the names in the wrong order last as first and first as last, according to Metro News. The invalid permits are leaving refugees unable to provide for their families. Unlike the Canadian passport, which lists a person's last name followed by their first name on two separate lines, the Eritrean passport lists the first name followed by the last on one line. I couldn't work, I couldn't help myself and my family, said Abduselam Aman, a refugee from Eritrea who applied for a work permit for himself and his wife in March 2017, two months after they arrived in Canada. We are lost, we don't know who to contact anymore or what to say. My wife still doesn't have her permit. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.