Canada must support Rohingya Activists-in-Exile
Rohingya-Canadians have demonstrated initiative, capacity, and presence in many fora, and deserve to be treated as an asset and supported—materially and politically—in Canada. Many other states do so. Canada must catch up and improve its policy and practice.
Canada is experiencing more and more immigrants who, in one sense or other, have fled their country of origin but don’t merely seek “refuge” in Canada. Rather, from Canada they remain actively engaged in their country of origin—typically as human rights defenders, environmental campaigners, peacebuilders, journalists, scholars and so forth. Some are well-known and influential…