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Podcast: This Matters
Episode: ‘You have to survive. Stay safe. I'm doing what I can.’ Canadians describe nightmare race to get loved ones out of Gaza
Description: Guests: Maryam Affana, Mirvat Al-Sharafi and immigration lawyer Aidan Simardone Last month, Canada launched a new emergency program permitting up to 1,000 Palestinians who are extended family members of Canadian citizens or permanent residents to apply to come to Canada. Members of the Palestinian-Canadian community say they are struggling with delays, logistical issues and what some experts say is an unprecedented and invasive level of personal information requirements. They wait with the clock ticking for their trapped loved ones in a four-month war that has ravaged Gaza, with more than 27,000 people killed in Israeli airstrikes, thousands more displaced and...