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Syrian Refugees and Faisal Alazem

Faisal Alazem: In 2013, Ottawa promised to admit 1,300 Syrian refugees yet the groups say only 200 people have been accepted into Canada, said Faisal Alazem, a Syrian-Canadian with the humanitarian group the Union of Syrian Medical Relief Organizations. The union helps set up field hospitals inside Syria, according to The Star. There is never a clear answer. There are always answers that deflect you. We hear a lot that Canada prides itself in hosting one in every 10 world refugees. But our estimate is that there are not more than 200 Syrian refugees here, so far, he said, referring to the 2013 promise and Humanitarian groups want Immigration Minister Chris Alexander to immediately let 10,000 Syrian refugees settle here and they want an explanation why the Canadian government is dragging its feet when it comes to resettling Syrians. Every time they ask Ottawa for precise numbers on how many Syrians have been let in, they get the runaround, said Alazem, (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.