To bring the girls to Canada, Mursal must first replace his older daughter's lost Canadian passport — but that process has been stalled due to a disputed photo. Edmonton father issues plea to federal government to act quickly to bring his Canadian children to Canada after they fled a war zone. We have a situation where we have two small children, Canadian children, that are in harm's way, that were in a war zone and fled this war zone - Mark Cherrington, human rights advocate"We have a situation where we have two small children, Canadian children, that are in harm's way, that were in a war zone and fled this war zone," said Cherrington. The document explained that facial recognition software, which compared the photo to a previous Canadian passport photo of Saabiriin, showed "a minimal resemblance." "We are alarmed at how the response has been by the Canadian government to make sure that these Canadian children are returned home safely and kept safe in the interim," said Cherrington.

Source: Ethiopian News January 18, 2019 14:00 UTC