Canada's Broken Promise to Afghan Allies The recent reports of the Special Immigration Measures Program (SIMs) debacle in Afghanistan have shed light on a painful reality: many Afghans who worked tirelessly for Western funded projects, including those aimed at empowering women, are being left behind.
For X, a young Afghan woman who spoke with me from Kabul, the sense of abandonment is suffocating. X's experience is not unique.
Over 2,900 SIMs applications allegedly remain lost in the bureaucratic black hole of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), highlighting systemic failures at play.