2023-09-13 20:31:58
(London) Around a hundred Canadians who were in Morocco have requested a form of consular assistance, but no injuries or deaths have been reported, Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said on Wednesday. As for Libya, a family who was in the most affected region reported that they were safe.
Posted at 4:31 p.m.
The minister took stock of the two natural disasters which occurred almost in quick succession in Africa, causing thousands of victims in total.
In Morocco, first, “according to the information we have, no Canadian was injured or lost their life,” she said at a press scrum in London.
“We have received regarding a hundred requests to the embassy, and the embassy has been in contact with all the people to provide information,” she added.
The Canadian government also announced on Wednesday the creation of a matching fund with the Canadian Red Cross.
Every donation made to the organization by citizens from September 8 to 28 will be matched by Ottawa, up to a maximum of $3 million. To this amount will be added an additional sum of 2 million, for a total of 5 million dollars.
Libya
Ottawa is also closely monitoring the situation in Libya, where rising waters caused the collapse of two dams and left at least 5,300 dead in Derna, in the east of the country.
PHOTO ESAM OMRAN AL-FETORI, REUTERS
Ottawa is also closely monitoring the situation in Libya, where rising waters caused the collapse of two dams and left at least 5,300 dead in Derna, in the east of the country.
There too, there were no Canadian nationals who perished, according to Ms. Joly: “There is a Canadian family who was in the region and who are safe and sound.”
The minister urged Canadians who are there to register with the embassy – the one in Tunisia, because Canada does not have a diplomatic mission in Libya.
“This will be the best way for us to know that you are safe and sound, but also to be able to give you information so that we can support you well,” she explained.
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