A satellite image shows objects on the ground near what are likely Rapid Support Forces vehicles in El Fasher, Sudan, on Monday.

Sudanese Canadians say family members who have applied to join them from war-torn Sudan are, after months of waiting, suddenly receiving visas, or e-mails from Ottawa’s immigration department asking to confirm their contact details.

Immigration Minister Lena Diab has this week come under i ntense pressure to get her department to speed up the processing of applications from the families of Sudanese Canadians after a massacre occurred in a besieged Darfur city that has reportedly included hundreds of people in a hospital.

Videos and satellite imagery showed killings of the civilian population in El Fasher this week after it was captured by the paramilitary Ra

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