First government plane carrying refugees arrives in Canada

The refugees arrived just weeks after Canada’s newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his country would pull its fighter jets from a US-led coalition targeting Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria.

Recently, Furniture Bank geared up its operations to support the anticipated 2,500 Syrian refugees who will make new homes in the GTA, Kershaw said. A welcoming centre like the one at Pearson has also been established near Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, although it is a few kilometres away and the Syrians will be transported there by bus.

Two families of privately sponsored Syrian refugees touched down at Pearson Airport Thursday night.

The Etobicoke-based registered charity is the primary agency providing furniture to Syrian refugees who will resettle in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) between now and February.

Kotyk added the response has been fantastic to see, especially in light of the anti-refugee rhetoric used by some politicians during the USA presidential campaign.

“Welcome to your new home:” Justin Trudeau greets Syrian refug…

“Resettling refugees demonstrates our commitment to Canadians and to the world that Canada understands that we can and must do more”, Trudeau told the House of Commons on Wednesday. Those arriving on Thursday were met by sponsors and ordinary Canadians who had come to the airport to greet the much-anticipated newcomers.

– Syrian Canadians call on Canada to do more to support the refugees, including speeding up family reunification programs and opening the doors to more refugees, but the government says it will not act without an official request from the UN. “This shows the way we really are”.

Upon arrival, the refugees will be welcomed and undergo the final steps for admission by Canada Border Services Officers (BSO) who will confirm their identity using the documentation the refugees received following their immigration processing overseas.

The headline of the front page of the Toronto Star, Canada’s largest circulation newspaper, read: “Welcome to Canada”, with the Arabic translation below: Ahlan wa sahlan.

November 4: The Liberal government is sworn in, repeating its plan to resettle 25,000 Syrians by the end of the year.

About 800 refugees are going through screening tests in Lebanon and Jordan daily, Mr McCallum said.

But the government still hasn’t followed through on its election promise to reverse health cuts to refugee care made under the previous government three years ago. “This is something that we are able to do in this country because we define a Canadian not by a skin color or a language or a religion or a background, but by a shared set of values, aspirations, hopes and dreams that not just Canadians but people around the world share”.