A special program to offer a new life in Canada to people who acted as interpreters for Canadian soldiers and diplomats in Afghanistan — sometimes at the risk of their lives — has brought in nearly double the numbers expected. Officials had planned for only 450 Afghans to eventually make the move when they began a special immigration program for interpreters and their families in 2009. With Canada’s combat mission ended and a year after the program stopped accepting applications, around 800 former interpreters and their families are now living across the country.
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