Canada will not let this Afghan refugee from the United States worry about his family that the Taliban might kill him at home

It is difficult for Shafiqa Jalali to talk about her son, Muhammad Yunnes, without crying.

Kalali, her husband, four adult children and his daughter, found asylum in Canada after fleeing the Taliban rule in Afghanistan in 2024.

The family obtained humanitarian visas from Brazil and paid human smugglers thousands of dollars to guide them through the land through 10 countries, including Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, as well One of the most treacherous immigration paths in the world.

“We knew that we might lose our lives,” Gallei, 57, told CBC News through the Persian translator. “But we still hope to achieve this.”

Although they did not travel as a family unit, everyone arrived in Canada safely and granted the protection of refugees – except for the youngest son in Jalali, Muhammad. The 27 -year -old was arrested by ice agents in Arizona and was in the immigration detention facility in Levingstone, Texas, north of Houston, nearly a year ago.

Galilee says she is afraid that US officials will return to Afghanistan, where she was tortured by the Taliban before his human rights work.

“I want the Canadian government to help my son, so that he can come here and unify with us, so that we can get a normal life,” Galle said.

“It doesn’t work well.”

“My life is in danger in Afghanistan”

Under the Convention on the Third State Secretary in Canada, people must demand resorting to any country they get first, which means that they cannot leave the United States to search for a position for refugees in Canada-although there is Some exceptions, including members of the Canadian citizens or permanent populationLike Yuni.

An American judge gave permission to travel to the Canadian border to demand resort. But his lawyer petition for immigration, refugees and citizenship in Canada to obtain a temporary resident statement to allow that he was rejected in June.

“He is currently facing the removal of Afghanistan,” said Erine Simpson of LLP.

In a letter to Simpson, the deputy official of the Immigration Program at the Consulate General of the Los Angeles office in Canada wrote that temporary resident permits “can only be issued in exceptional circumstances, or sometimes, when presenting Canadian interests.

In an email statement to CBC News, the Ministry of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship in Canada wrote that due to privacy legislation, it was unable to comment on the Usi case.

It is not excessively to say it is a matter of life and death.Erine Simpson, Mohamed Mohamed Uni

“It is not exaggerated at all to say it is a matter of life and death,” Simpson said. “This was our fixed message to the minister (immigration) and our places to issue this statement.”

According to a signed written statement submitted to US officials, Usi fled from Afghanistan after his kidnapping and beating and forced to perform field work in December 2023 because of his work with a non -governmental organization that helps weak women and girls.

“My life is in danger in Afghanistan, and the return means facing violence and persecution by the Taliban again,” as the advertisement is read.

Journey

The Taliban re -controlled the country in 2021 yet The withdrawal of American forces and other allies. the United Nations Reports that women’s rights have deteriorated significantly as a result, with “repressive directives targeting rights, independence and the presence of Afghan women and girls.”

Yongi said he escaped by escaping after sending him to work in the fields. “I took the opportunity to escape and hid in my aunt’s home. Since then, the Taliban have continued to search for me, forcing me to flee from Afghanistan.”

Yongi left Afghanistan with his brother and pregnant sister in July 2024. The trio traveled to Iran, where they obtained a humanitarian visa to go to Brazil. They made an arduous trip across South and central America, but they were separated in Mexico.

Although the expected spouses were detained for a short period by California immigration officials, they were allowed to continue their flights to Canada, unlike Usi, who was arrested and preserved by the American authorities.

Shortly later, Gallei, her husband and three adults were on the same trip. They were also arrested by ICE officials, but they were finally released from the seizure of instructions to attend the US Migration Court hearings. After that, they continued on their trip to Canada asylum.

“Anyone ends (detention) will be afraid. It was frightening for us and he is more terrifying for Muhammad, because there was much longer.”

“He says he does not know what will happen to him and his life.”

“It is very difficult for the family to proceed really”

Galilee and her family are present by Romero House, the refugee settlement center in Toronto. The organization’s CEO, Francesca Aludi Ross, said that the family had difficulty celebrating the fact that they had been accepted as refugees in the future of the concerned person.

“It is very difficult for the family to proceed really with this,” Alodi Ross said.

“We know what is happening in the United States that it cannot be predicted. People are deported to countries that do not reach their country, such as El Salvador, Mexico, or Sudan. Thus, it passes every day, there is a risk of sending it to an unsafe place.”

Unable to curb her tears, Jalali said that she has difficulty sleeping, eating or going out, knowing that her son is imprisoned in the United States

“I was there and when I think about Muhammad, it breaks my heart.”

Aludi Ross said that Yunusi alone has no one to protect him. But this can change.

“I think there is a lot of talk about the meaning of being Canadian now,” she said.

“Being a place of welcome to refugees, immigrants and people who want to build a better life, is an important part of who we are. Therefore, I call on the Canadian government to upgrade the level of that reputation and take this simple and human act of granting the permit to the temporary residents of Muhammad and helping him to restore his family and be safe.”