Full text: members only

Open Letter to the Canadian Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

Critical Link

Posted by

Critical Link

Post date

November 17, 2020

Licence

Source

Abstract

Free to read

On behalf of the major translator and interpreter associations worldwide, advocacy organizations, and academia, we are voicing our deep concern for the safety of our colleagues who have served the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in Afghanistan. Forced into hiding or exile, and threatened by insurgents who view them as traitors, these linguists are currently stranded in refugee camps and other venues across Asia and Europe, living in fear and uncertainty.

Click here for English letter
Click here for French letter

What do you think?

Members discuss the practice questions raised here in the Community Conversations feed in the member portal. It is the fastest way to find out whether your experience is typical, and to hear how colleagues in other countries have handled it.

Share this letter
PDF

watthe-tanaka-primary-care.pdf

1.4 MB · 18 pages · tagged, text searchable

Members only

Related posts

Posted by:
May 22, 2019

Re: World Language Community and Its Human Rights Partners Seek a UN Resolution for the..

Member access only

Posted by:
December 12, 2017

Critical Link International commends the actions of the Saint John refugee community in shedding..

Member access only