Canada to resettle 1,200 refugees

Ottawa: Canada will resettle 1,200 Yezidi refugees who faced persecution by the Islamic State group, the immigration minister has said. Some 400 have already been airlifted to this country. “Our operation is underway and individual survivors of Daesh have been arriving in Canada for resettlement in the last many months,” immigration minister Ahmed Hussen said. “Our government will resettle approximately 1,200 highly vulnerable survivors of Daesh and their family members in Canada,” he added.