First Uyghur refugee arrives under Canadian effort to resettle persecuted minority groups from China

December 9, 2024 | The Globe and Mail | By Steven Chase

A Uyghur Human Rights Project report in 2023, titled On The Fringe of Society: Humanitarian Needs of the At-Risk Uyghur Diaspora, described what it called a developing humanitarian crisis among those in self-imposed exile in states such as Turkey, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. All these countries are reliant on Chinese foreign investment.

“As the Turkish government moves closer to China in the name of international economic partnerships and bilateral alliances, Turkey has become more dangerous for Uyghurs,” the report said.

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