FILE PHOTO: Afghan lawyer Bibi Chaman Hafizi poses for a picture in her apartment in Athens, Greece, October 15, 2021.REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis/File Photo
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada will take in female Afghan judges and their families who have been living in limbo, primarily in Greece, since their evacuation from Afghanistan in the fall, a spokesperson for the immigration minister said Friday.
In addition to the judges and their families, a group totalling about 230 people, Canada will also resettle an unspecified number of Afghans from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities who had been referred by a third-party aid organization, the spokesperson said.
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