{"id":17784,"date":"2025-02-21T00:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T00:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/more-sudan-war-refugees-to-be-resettled-in-canada-as-liberals-up-quota\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T00:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T00:44:09","slug":"more-sudan-war-refugees-to-be-resettled-in-canada-as-liberals-up-quota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/21\/more-sudan-war-refugees-to-be-resettled-in-canada-as-liberals-up-quota\/","title":{"rendered":"More Sudan war refugees to be resettled in Canada as Liberals up quota"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The federal government is increasing the number of refugees<\/a> it plans to resettle as a result of Sudan\u2019s<\/a> civil war, with changes that could see 7,000 more people reach Canada through various programs.<\/p>\n

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But Ottawa says it remains impossible for Quebecers to sponsor relatives from Sudan to resettle in that province.<\/p>\n

Instead, Immigration<\/a> Minister Marc Miller says Quebecers can now apply to resettle their relatives as long as they go to another province.<\/p>\n

The federal policy suggests that Quebec is not allowing families to bring their relatives to the province, and the office of Quebec Immigration Minister Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Roberge did not have an immediate comment.<\/p>\n

The federal government is increasing the number of resettlement applications it will accept from 3,250 to more than 5,000, which it projects will lead to 10,000 people reaching Canada.<\/p>\n

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Miller says the government will also resettle 4,000 Sudanese living in dangerous conditions abroad by the end of 2026, and open spots for 700 Sudanese to be privately sponsored.<\/p>\n

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Violence has swept through most of Sudan since April 2023, when competing government troops took up arms against each other, leading to what the United Nations has called the world\u2019s largest displacement crisis and what Washington has described as a genocide in the Darfur region.<\/p>\n