Canada to Offer Humanitarian Visas to Those Fleeing Sudan If Relatives Pay Costs

Canada to Offer Humanitarian Visas to Those Fleeing Sudan If Relatives Pay Costs
Immigration Minister Marc Miller delivers remarks at a press conference in Ottawa, on Dec. 21, 2023. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby
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Ottawa is offering a lifeline to people fleeing an escalating civil war in Sudan if they have relatives in Canada who agree to financially support them.

Immigration Minister Marc Miller says this new humanitarian pathway is for both Sudanese citizens, and other foreign citizens who lived in Sudan when conflict broke out in mid-April.