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Russian dissidents call on Ottawa to resettle their peers facing deportation in U.S.
Russian activists urged Canada to resettle dozens of asylum seekers facing U.S. deportation to avoid imprisonment or conscription, with up to 1,000 at risk, activists said.
- Natalia Arno, founder of the Free Russia Foundation, and Ilya Yashin, former opposition party leader and Moscow city councillor, urged Ottawa to resettle Russians facing U.S. deportation.
- Recent U.S. deportation flights have prompted activists to highlight Russia's sustained crackdown since 2014 and cases like Artyom Vovchenko's August deportation and Leonid Melekhin's arrest this year.
- Held cases in the U.S. underline the activists' urgency: `We wanted to build alliances here in Canada, because solidarity is our biggest weapon against dictators`, Natalia Arno said this past week.
- Global Affairs Canada confirmed officials met with Arno and Yashin Wednesday, discussing Russia and Ukraine, while IRCC said it `maintains a rigorous process` and Yashin urged Canada to request U.S. transfer of Russian nationals.
- Their visit, amid a public rift with Ukrainian activists, highlighted that Arno and Yashin said Russian dissidents could help Canada tailor sanctions and warned as many as one thousand pro-democracy Russians in the U.S. face deportation.
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Russian dissidents call on Ottawa to resettle their peers facing deportation in U.S.
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·Winnipeg, Canada
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The exact number of Russian citizens is currently unknown, but the activists of the Russian American project for Democracy in Russia speak of "a few dozen".
·Kyiv, Ukraine
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OTTAWA—Eminent Russian democracy activists urge Ottawa to accept a few dozen compatriots who could be deported to Russia after attempting to seek refuge in the United States. These activists told The Canadian Press that 30 Russian nationals detained by the United States Immigration and Customs Service (ICE) would expose themselves to very serious consequences if they were returned. They added that nearly a thousand Russians pro-democracy in the …
·Richelieu, Canada
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