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Canada will accept 10,000 Uighur refugees

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Ottawa | Ten thousand Uighurs may soon be able to live in Canada after Parliament voted unanimously in favour of a motion to allow the resettlement of the persecuted Muslim minority from China.

Legislators the House of Commons voted in favour on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT) of the proposal 322-0, with the chamber erupting into applause as the motion was carried.

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