Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to the minister. I also hope that you will have a speedy recovery.
The Safi family fled the Taliban and were in the refugee camp in Ukraine. With the unprovoked invasion from Russia, they find themselves fleeing once again. They have just given birth to a daughter. The Safi family made numerous attempts to cross to the Slovakian border. At one point they were told that the border was open to everyone except Afghans, while they noted that others were allowed to cross without passports or any sort of identification.
Given the outright discriminatory practices the Safi family experienced, will the minister provide targeted supports and work with the Minister of Foreign Affairs to use diplomatic channels to ensure that ethnic minorities, such as Afghan, Indian and African students who have faced discrimination in their attempts to flee Putin's war in Ukraine, have equal access to reach and cross borders?