MPs unanimously vote for plan to resettle 10,000 Uyghurs
Members of Parliament voted unanimously to call on Ottawa to start a refugee program to resettle 10,000 Uyghurs fleeing persecution in China, which Liberal MP Sameer Zuberi said sends a strong signal to the world. He was joined by Mehmet Tohti, executive director, Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project, who said his own family has been targeted in China for his advocacy.
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