Flights for Syrian refugees to Canada to start December 10, document says

A federal solicitation document posted Monday names December 10 as the date when the first flights are planned to carry refugees from camps in Jordan and Turkey to Canadian soil. “What is clear is that ISIS (the so-called Islamic State in Syria) has said they want to send ISIS terrorists in with refugees”.

But a few weeks after they left, there was very heavy shelling and a building nearby was hit, covering him in shrapnel and soot.

McCallum said the resettlement effort is still looking for private individuals to step forward and help with lodging the refugees, and with finding them jobs in the future. “Having said that, my suspicion is that these people are incredibly resilient and courageous folk who have managed to endure these circumstances and we will be impressed by their resilience”.

CBN Disaster Relief partners with many Christian groups around the world that are inside the refugee camps building churches and Christian schools, while also providing people with food, water, blankets, and many other necessities.

Mr. Etyemezian said that in addition to the growing child-labour problem, the financial crunch has pushed some families to marry off their daughters as early as possible, seeing marriage as a way of reducing the number of mouths they have to feed.

In response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Middle East, last week the Liberal government announced plans to welcome 25,000 refugees from Syria by the end of February, and at least 10,000 more by the end of 2016.

Advocates have argued these “transportation loans” saddle vulnerable new Canadians with thousands of dollars in debt before they even reach their new homes – making it more hard for them to integrate economically and support themselves.

“Welcoming Syrian refugees is both a challenge and an opportunity for Canada”, Johnston said in his opening remarks at the Rideau Hall event.

“We have learned also there is positive things to report in terms of progress”, said Immigration Minister John McCallum as he stood in the cavernous military exhibition facility now being leased to Canada by the Jordanian government.

UNICEF estimates that up to 7.5 million children have been affected by the Syrian civil war since 2011, and children make up half of the almost 4 million refugees worldwide.

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, Carson attempted to address those concerns by visiting a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan. “Hundreds” of physicians have volunteered their services, says Dr. Phillip Berger, co-chairman of Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care.

He’s since shaved it off, one of many changes his family’s been through since they’ve become refugees – including the arrival of their third son. “Until it is safe for them to return home, Jordan is a safe place for them to wait”, Carson said. That’s what the refugees will tell you.