Somalis Dept: Such a move was made for Haitian refugees following the earthquake last year, and the Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council says the current famine in the drought-stricken African nation requires the same fast response, according to CBC. "We're looking at responding to try and reunite all of these families For a lot of the families that are in refugee camps it is a life or death situation and a local immigration group is pushing the federal government to fast-track refugee applications from Somalis. The group has nearly 200 family-sponsored applications already in the queue, spokesman Wanda Yamamoto told News. As
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