Canada votes to take in 10,000 Uyghur refugees amid Chinese pressure to force their return
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Canada votes to take in 10,000 Uyghur refugees amid Chinese pressure to force their return
The motion to accept 10,000 Uyghur refugees who left China but are now under pressure to go back was unanimously approved by the Canadian parliament.
The motion to declare Beijing's treatment of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in its northwest Xinjiang area as genocide was first introduced by Canadian parliamentarians in February 2021.
Rights organisations estimate that at least 1 million Uyghurs and other primarily Muslim minorities are detained in internment camps in the area, where China is also charged with forcing women to get abortions and enforcing forced labour.
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The motion to accept 10,000 Uyghur refugees who left China but are now under pressure to go back was unanimously approved by the Canadian parliament.
The motion to declare Beijing's treatment of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in its northwest Xinjiang area as genocide was first introduced by Canadian parliamentarians in February 2021.
Rights organisations estimate that at least 1 million Uyghurs and other primarily Muslim minorities are detained in internment camps in the area, where China is also charged with forcing women to get abortions and enforcing forced labour.
#canada
#uyghurmuslims
#uyghurinchina
#xinjiangchina