Martian 👽

[Sami Atabani @AtabaniSami]

On this day three years ago war broke out in Sudan devastating the lives of millions of innocent Sudanese civilians creating one of the largest displacement in recent history. Amongst those displaced is my own sister Kholoud and her family who fled from city to city for many months but remain stranded in Sudan with very little hope of reaching safety. I appealed to the Canadian government within days of the war starting to evacuate Kholoud and her family on humanitarian grounds given she is the daughter, sister and aunt of Canadian citizens. Despite our repeated appeals to reunited our sister with our 94 year old Canadian mum who is desperate to see Kholoud and make sure she is safe.
Today I want to make another desperate appeal to our prime minster @MarkJCarney & the immigration minister @LenaMetlegeDiab to look at our appeal with a humanitarian lens given the significant risk to Kholoud’s life as a Darfuri woman and the devastating impact on my mum’s deteriorating health to bring my sister home to Canada. Our family continues to suffer the dire consequences of this war in particular our elderly mum who cannot understand why there is delay despite our full commitment to support Kholoud and her family emotionally and financially should they ever reach Canada.
#SaveKholoud
#KeepEyesOnSudan
@AnitaAnandMP @timhodgsonmt @TheRWCHR @geoffreyyork @NicholasCoghlan @minlayla77 @SCCASocials @BAtabani @N_Atabani @CBCNews @idilmussa @yonahdiamond @JamesCopnall @DinaDena00

[Geoffrey York @geoffreyyork]

Sudanese are dying as they await processing under Canada's family reunification program

[Gangari @M_Gangari]

@geoffreyyork It’s been 2 years now 🤷‍♂️waiting

[Sami Atabani @AtabaniSami]

Another heartbreaking news that a Sudanese Canadian family lost their dad while waiting to be reunited under the so called ‘Humanitarian Family Reunification Pathway’ waiting for months to process their immigration application. @LenaMetlegeDiab how many of our family members must die before you take action and expedite applications of such desperate Canadian families?
@MarkJCarney @AnitaAnandMP @timhodgsonmt @NicholasCoghlan @geoffreyyork @yonahdiamond @TheRWCHR @SCCASocials

[Martian 👽 @dark_swanK]

Urgent pleas remain unanswered! We demand action NOW! @CitImmCanada @LenaMetlegeDiab @SCCASocials

[Martian 👽 @dark_swanK]

Despite Canadians’ FULL financial responsibility during the application process & a whole year post arrival, their families remain stranded due to IRCC’s delays. Government is prioritizing programs that drain budget but fails to act on the ones that don’t. https://t.co/crlVPTLyX1

[RanyaElfil @RanyaElfil]

Early 2025?!
Not sure when is that coming!

[Martian 👽 @dark_swanK]

@elizzzza_smith For them to share misinformation and try to say they’re priotizing processing of applications while people are literally dying is absurd. I’m talking kids, elderly and vulnerable women. We signed statutory declarations attesting to our financial commitment, $0 from government.

[Martian 👽 @dark_swanK]

@RachelBendayan Thank you, Rachel! Please prioritize the Sudan family reunification program! Given the Canadian government has no financial responsibility towards the applicants whatsoever, Sudanese Canadians waiting for their family members to be here have been waiting for far too long!

[Martian 👽 @dark_swanK]

@MarcMillerVM We collectively paid millions of dollars and showed financial capability to support our family members. Not relying on your government at all. This should have been done months ago. But thanks I guess?

[Martian 👽 @dark_swanK]

@MarcMillerVM Interesting choice of imagery. This is not the first time where you use black people and depict them as only asylum seekers. You’re too racist you can’t even realize you’re reinforcing racist stereotypes. Now I know why you treat Sudanese Canadians so poorly. @MarcMillerVM

[Martian 👽 @dark_swanK]

@MarcMillerVM Miller, what about the Sudanese Canadian community? It’s #BlackHistoryMonth after all, right? 😏 right?

[Sami Atabani @AtabaniSami]

Another devastating @CBCNews report highlighting the discriminatory immigration policy preventing Sudanese/Quebecois from sponsoring their immediate family members affected by the horrific war in Sudan.
#KeepEyesOnSudan @MarcMillerVM @JustinTrudeau @MarkJCarney @NicholasCoghlan @geoffreyyork @SCCASocials @yonahdiamond @CitImmCanada @vestevie @francoislegault @jfrobergeQc @BAtabani

https://t.co/xjdzkv5vLz

[Sudanese Canadian Community Association @SCCASocials]

On this family day @SCCASocial would like to directly appeal to @marcmillervm @justintrudeau @ircc to expedite processing of Family Reunification applications and reopen the pathway to reunite Sudanese/Canadians families with loved ones fleeing the inhumane and devastating war in Sudan.
Please support our Sudanese Canadian Community efforts by signing the open letter below
https://t.co/Y2IB6X2xTS

@CanadianPM @JustinTrudeau @MarcMillerVM @CitImmCanada @GeoffreyYork @NicholasCoghlan @CBCNews @yonahdiamond

[Geoffrey York @geoffreyyork]

A year after Canada launched its program to help people escape from Sudan, only 180 people have benefited so far. The government received applications for more than 7,000 people with close relatives in Canada, but processing has been agonizingly slow.
https://t.co/uC6UrpdXKf

[Martian 👽 @dark_swanK]

@MarcMillerVM I just want to remind you that these are children, women and elderly people who fled death and torture. We’re sponsoring them, not hosting a getaway family reunion. This should be H&C. @MarcMillerVM

[Martian 👽 @dark_swanK]

@MarcMillerVM issue the PR visas to the Sudanese who already did their medicals! We’re heading into the holiday season and there’s nothing to celebrate about for us!

[Martian 👽 @dark_swanK]

I just fail to understand, if we’re literally paying for everything and the government won’t provide anything, why are the delays??? This is inhumane @MarcMillerVM

[Martian 👽 @dark_swanK]

@MarcMillerVM I hope you sleep well at night while Sudanese are suffering and dying while waiting.

[Sami Atabani @AtabaniSami]

Another Sudanese/Canadian family suffers as a result of @CitImmCanada bureaucracy
Millions of Sudanese have been affected by the war in Sudan with the displacement of over 10 million innocent civilians since the war started 18 months ago.
Last week I spoke to a Sudanese permanent resident in Canada who is desperate to be reunited with her four daughters who remain stranded. Sara is a single mum who came to Canada before the war and was in the process of applying for PR for her four daughters who lived in Khartoum. Tragically one of her daughters was critically injured while trying to escape their home in Khartoum in April 2023. The daughters had very close encounters with the RSF while trying to get urgent medial treatment for their injured sister whose health deteriorated rapidly during the following weeks until the family finally reached Egypt where the daughter had to undergo several life saving operations. Sara wrote multiple letters to IRCC and her own MP @JeanYip3 requesting that the reunification process is expedited given the harrowing circumstances of the family. However, all her appeals have been completely ignored by #IRCC. The family’s ordeal is heartbreaking, and the Canadian government response is inhumane.
I want to directly appeal to her MP @jeanYip to advocate for Sara so the family can be reunited.
#KeepEyesOnSudan #SudaneseCanadian @MarcMillerVM @JustinTrudeau @CanadianPM @geoffreyyork @NicholasCoghlan @SCCASocials @NatashaFatah @yonahdiamond @TheRWCHR @khoureld @JamesCopnall @BAtabani @N_Atabani