{"id":1093,"date":"2023-02-03T21:02:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T18:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dukva.org\/en\/?p=1093"},"modified":"2023-02-03T21:02:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T18:02:48","slug":"canada-votes-to-take-in-10000-uyghur-refugees-amid-chinese-pressure-to-force-their-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dukva.org\/en\/canada-votes-to-take-in-10000-uyghur-refugees-amid-chinese-pressure-to-force-their-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada votes to take in 10,000 Uyghur refugees amid Chinese pressure to force their return"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dukva.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1094\" width=\"105\" height=\"70\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Move shows \u2018what is happening to the Uyghurs is unacceptable\u2019, says MP after non-binding parliamentary ballot with prime minister\u2019s support<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Canada\u2019s parliament has unanimously passed a motion to take in 10,000 Uyghur refugees who fled China, but are now facing pressure to return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vote on Wednesday builds on a February 2021 move by Canadian lawmakers to label Beijing\u2019s treatment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/uyghurs\">Uyghurs<\/a> and other Turkic Muslims in its north-western Xinjiang territory as genocide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rights groups believe at least 1 million Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim minorities have been incarcerated in internment camps in the region, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/china\">China<\/a> is also accused of forcibly sterilising women and imposing forced labour.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dukva.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1095\" width=\"585\" height=\"389\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tens of thousands have fled the region, and according to Canadian backbench MP Sameer Zuberi, who sponsored the motion, at least 1,600 have been detained in other countries at China\u2019s behest or forcibly repatriated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zuberi noted that prime minister, Justin Trudeau, and his cabinet voted in support of the motion, signalling the government\u2019s \u201cintent to make this happen\u201d even though it is non-binding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is a clear signal that we do not accept human rights violations against the Uyghur people,\u201d Zuberi said at a news conference. \u201cWhat is happening to the Uyghurs is unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mehmet Tohti, executive director of the Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project, said it was a message that \u201cwill resonate not only in China and in Canada but around the world\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The motion says Uyghurs who \u201cfled to third countries face pressure and intimidation by the Chinese state to return to China\u201d and accuses Beijing of also applying diplomatic and economic pressure on countries to detain and deport them, \u201cleaving them without a safe haven in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It proposes resettling 10,000 Uyghurs in Canada over two years, starting in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China has defended its Uyghur camps in Xinjiang, saying they are crucial to battling terrorism and providing vocational training to minorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the US has said China\u2019s repression of Uyghurs amounts to \u201cgenocide\u201d, and the United Nations has condemned China\u2019s persecution of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dolkun Isa, president of the World Uyghur Congress, said: \u201cThe Uyghur people are under attack: our language, culture, religion, history, ethnic 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