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More than 220K Ukrainians in Canada ponder their future as war about to turn 2

Trudeau doesn’t respond to questions about long-term plan, saying Canada focused on ending this war
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Justice Minister Arif Virani says the government will spends hundreds of thousands of dollars to expand a legal advice hotline for war-displaced Ukrainians in Canada to help them understand their rights and navigate the immigration system. Virani rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

As the second anniversary of the war in Ukraine looms, war-displaced Ukrainians looking to make Canada their permanent home have few answers about what the government will do to allow them to stay.

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which began two years ago on Feb. 24, caused a massive refugee crisis as million of Ukrainians fled the country.

Since then, the federal government has granted 958,190 temporary emergency visas to Ukrainians so they can work or study in Canada while they wait out the violence at home.

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