When Islam Meghari left his wife and daughter in Jordan to pave the way for a better life in Canada in 2018, he assumed they’d be joining him within six months — a year at tops.
But five years later and now living in London, Ont., Meghari is still waiting for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to process their refugee application.
“When I moved here, I was 38,” said Meghari, an emergency room physician for 12 years in a number of different hospitals in Jordan and most recently in Saudi Arabia.
Meghari’s wife, Faten Alshawahneh, is Jordanian, and she and the couple’s daughter, seven-year-old Aila, live in Jordan today.
“I did not
