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From YouTube: MARCH 7 2022 Statements Aman Singh
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
richmond
queensborough.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Mr
speaker,
both
of
my
parents
were
refugees.
Like
millions
of
others.
During
the
partition
of
india
and
pakistan,
they
were
forced
to
flee
their
home
and
traveled
on
foot
to
the
relative
safety
of
post-partition
india.
They
were
six
and
seven
years
old.
At
that
time,
their
families
left
what
little
they
had
behind
displacement
is
part
of
my
intergenerational
narrative
stories
of
displacement.
Pakistan
partition
were
an
integral
part
of
my
family's
narrative.
A
In
the
last
few
weeks,
the
plight
of
refugees
has
come
to
the
forefront
of
our
minds
again
as
millions
flee
the
war
in
ukraine,
I'm
heartened
by
the
response
and
goodwill
of
the
people
and
countries
that
have
opened
up
their
hearts
and
resources
to
those
fleeing
from
war
and
oppression.
The
same
was
done
for
my
parents
and
their
families
75
years
ago.
I'm
heartened
that
our
government
is
working
with
the
federal
government
and
has
pledged
a
million
dollars
to
the
red
cross
to
aid
displaced
people.
A
There
will
be
more
to
do.
Undoubtedly,
that
is
the
way
it
should
be
and
we
as
a
world
and
we
as
a
world,
have
worked
hard
to
put
in
the
legal
and
administrative
mechanisms
to
deal
with
displaced
people.
But
I'm
also
wary
wary
that
as
headlines
recede,
that
good
will
become
short-lived
wary
because
there
are
still
active
conflicts.
Syria,
yemen,
somali
afghanistan,
places
from
where
displaced
people
have
all
been
but
forgotten.
We
all
remember
just
recently
the
vivid
images
from
afghanistan
with
people
desperately
hanging
onto
and
falling
off
planes
because
they
feared
for
their
future.