How many are actually coming and what kind of refugees?
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In addition, Ottawa is only sponsoring, or covering the initial costs, for 60-per cent of the asylum seekers, despite the Liberal Party of Canada’s election pledge to bring in all 25,000 as government-assisted refugees.
– The Conservative government commits to allowing 10,000 more Syrian refugees in by 2018, most through the private sponsorship program. Notably absent are single, heterosexual men. Single men will be granted admission only if accompanying their parents or if they are part of the LGBT community, according to several Canadian news agencies.
After they were sworn into office, they clarified that meeting the year-end deadline would involve both government and privately sponsored refugees. The focus is to be on religious minorities.
“This is a happy day, and this is an important day for Canada”, McCallum said in Ottawa.
CFB Trenton is planning to take in 1,000 refugees, and CFB Valcartier in Quebec is expected to house up to 500.
Where will the refugees come from?
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has his photo taken with…
Details of the plan will be announced Tuesday but Canada’s ambassador to Jordan confirmed that refugees from camps in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey will be flown to Canada from Jordan starting December 1.
How will the refugees get here?
Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan said Canadian military transports also stand ready to assist in the massive airlift.
McCallum told Power Play he expects most will come on “leased planes – not Air Canada”, but he added “this could change”.
The refugees will land in Toronto and Montreal but are expected to be quickly dispersed to 36 different communities across the country. “I know they would be welcomed and supported by the UK LGBTI community, and by the wider community”. “There have been conversations that because we’re a base city whether this would be a landing site”.
“We are pleased that Mr. Trudeau has today listened to Canadians and abandoned a timeline that was not workable”, Rempel said. Sweden is now an exception, but recently chose to switch to temporary residency. The opposition Conservatives went after the governing Liberals, suggesting that the rushed plan could compromise Canada’s security.
The immigration process will be completed overseas. “If there is any doubt about an application or an interview or any of the data, the file will simply be put aside and held for further consideration at a later time”.
“You may not have snow and ice but you sure have a high cost of living, and refugees destined for Vancouver without family here are going to have a hard time of it”.
The plan will cost up to $678 million over a period of six years.
“Three months ago, we were talking about how we should support Syrian refugees following a picture of a drowned child on the Mediterranean”, he said.
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“The resettlement in our plan will require strong collaboration across governments domestically and internationally”. Let’s try to help 25,000 refugees until we can’t, or until we miss our deadline, and then let’s keep trying after that.
