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Yezidi Human Rights and Liberal Government Failure

United Nations Refugee Agency: Ismail now heads the Yezidi Human Rights and is frustrated by what he says is the Liberal government failure to put the plight of the Yazidis — still under threat in Iraq — at the forefront of its new refugee agenda, according to Toronto Star. We have tried to get an appointment with McCallum, but no one has agreed, he says. He returned to Toronto while she awaited her Canadian visa to join him. In an email to the Star, the department said that Canada is well positioned to protect vulnerable people in the region. It added that Canada does not track resettled refugees by religious or ethnic composition. However, we rely on the United Nations Refugee Agency and private sponsors to identify refugees for resettlement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.