I'm in agreement with Ms. Moloney. Family reunification can be done quite easily. The definition of family, the way it is currently done in Canada, is quite restrictive. We're a very small group of individuals who actually fall under the word “family”, whereas, as was stated earlier, the family in the context of the Afghan culture is quite big. Even siblings are not allowed to come, let alone aunties and uncles. We're talking about some of the people who actually live together. They were dependent on each other at home.
Those people who have the means are in Canada. They were accepted as refugees, or they are permanent residents. They are unable to assist their family members. There has to be a way to do this because, by virtue of their connection to the west, these individuals and their family members would be targeted and are being targeted in Afghanistan.
I have a lot of refugee clients from Afghanistan who arrived here in the past six of seven months and have been accepted, but they can't sleep at night because ultimately they worry about their very close, immediate family members who are still in Afghanistan, and nothing can be done to bring them to safety.