Zahra Alshwikkh's immigration application was completed in July 2022, nearly seven months ago, but the Syrian refugee narrowly escaped death a second time in Turkey as she waited for Canada to issue her travel documents.
Zahra Alshwikkh was pulled from the rubble after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey earlier this month. She had fled to Turkey from war-torn Syria after the death of her husband.
Her paperwork and background checks were successfully completed nearly seven months ago in July 2022, but she's still waiting for the Canadian government to issue her travel documents. Her sister, Amal Alshwikkh, who will be privately sponsoring her, has been living in Canada for nearly eight years after fleeing Syria for Jordan in 2013. She first settled in Nova Scotia and now lives in Mississauga, Ont.
Alshwikkh, a single mother with five daughters aged four to 11, says all she wants is to see her sister brought to safety. Some of the tens of thousands of people who lost their homes in a catastrophic earthquake in Turkey this month are seen here huddled around campfires in the bitter cold.
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