Reposted from The Anglican Journal

When Mimi Merrill fled to Canada in 2003 as a student and refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, it was 17 years before she saw her mother again.

Her mother was eventually able to make a brief visit to Canada. However, when Merrill applied for her mother to become a permanent resident of Canada through the Parents and Grandparents Program sponsorship visa, the application was denied. “I don’t know if I’ll see her again,” Merrill says.

Today, Merrill is refugee sponsorship coordinator for the Anglican diocese of Ontario—and one of many Anglicans across Canada speaking out against about cuts to refugee sponsorship and foreign aid in the latest federal budget announced Nov. 4, warning that these cuts will harm humanitarian efforts and even put lives at risk.

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