The U.S. plans to take 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year.
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“They want us to do it right”, he said.
We have talked about this amongst our friends and neighbours and the majority feel as we do, that bringing to Canada 25,000 Syrian refugees is wrong and has the distinct possibility of putting our country in an even greater danger than at present.
“When we welcome our newcomer friends with a smile, a smile alone is not sufficient”. They will work with the Turkish government to find suitable candidates from that country. The Canadians are giving preference to Syrian women, children and families over single men. “Welcoming in families who are going to be extraordinarily rich contributors to not just the communities they are in but to the cohesion and fabric of Canada is a positive thing”.
Syrians refugees are scheduled to start arriving via chartered aircraft early next month.
From there, they will be spread across 36 different destination cities which already have resettlement programs in place. It’s still not clear whether some temporary accommodation will be required, nor the extent to which the provinces will need help, said Conrad Sauve, the chief executive officer for the Canadian Red Cross. The figure includes both United Nations-referred and privately sponsored refugee streams.
The Liberal government’s long-awaited $100 million contribution to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to help fleeing Syrians is destined for a half-empty worldwide aid bucket.
Watts said that her appointment last week to the Conservative “shadow cabinet” as critic for infrastructure and communities will also allow her utilize experience she gathered during her years as Surrey mayor (during that time she spearheaded the Build Surrey construction and investment initiative, and served a term on the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation). Canadian officials said their decision to slow down the immigration process was not influenced by the Paris terror attack.
The NDP noted that the planned cost is far higher than the $250 million the Liberals budgeted for in their platform and said they hope the details will be ironed out moving forward.
Of those selected, the target is to have 10,000 Syrian refugees arrive in Canada by the end of this year, and the remainder to arrive by the end of February 2016.
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Administration officials say security and humanitarian constraints are concerns for the leaders, with as many 5,000 migrants reaching Europe each day over the so-called Balkan migrant route.
