I'm talking about 20-plus students at the moment. They have even received acceptance letters from very good, reputable universities like Simon Fraser University, UBC and the University of Calgary, but their visas have been denied on the grounds that they will not return home.
What I would like to suggest to the Canadian government and IRCC is to start a pilot project for the student visas. These are the youngest and brightest people who will rebuild Afghanistan. Afghanistan relies on them. We need to invest in these people to equip them with education, and they will become the leaders of tomorrow.
We know what's happening. We have been devastated by what has been happening in our home country. My own brother was beaten by the Taliban. We are ethnic Hazara minorities, so we have been victims of the Taliban directly.
We want to see that changed by the IRCC as soon as possible.