American’s argue on admitting Syrian refugees, Canada welcomes more

Your government recently announced the manner in which it expects to deliver one of the most ambitious refugee resettlement programs ever attempted by bringing 25,000 government-sponsored Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of February.

John McCallum said the Canadian government hopes to resettle 35,000 to 50,000 refugees by the end of 2016.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government is saying it may admit up to 50,000 Syrian refugees into Canada by the end of 2016.

The minister spoke to Syrian families as they prepared to board flights to Canada. Canada is working with the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR, local governments and the International Organization for Migration to expedite the vetting process.

During his two-day stop in Jordan, Mr McCallum visited development projects and refugee centres.

Until Dec. 22, around 2,051 applications for refugees to resettle in Canada have been finalised.

While it is a testament to the generosity of the Canadian people and the many groups and individuals coming forward to privately sponsor refugees, we have several concerns. Such an evaluation would also be of value in preparing for possible future refugee resettlement programs and could serve as an example of the value of evidence-based policy formulation of the kind that you have been emphasizing in public-policy discussions. “This has been done in close collaboration with the Canadian government”. Earlier reports by CBC News concerned human-rights advocates, after an unnamed source told the news site that Canada would only accept families, lone women or children because single men are considered too much of a security risk.

Two days later, 161 refugees landed in Montreal.