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Minister John McCallum and Canada

child refugees: Syrian refugees: Canada issues 928 visas, adding $100M in aid Canada Syrian refugee plan limited to women, children and families How Canadians can help child refugees arriving in Canada Syrian refugees: 3 radical approaches to solving the crisis "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. "The processing centre had its first day of operation today, that will ramp up over time and get more intense, according to CBC. We also heard the good news that exit permits are not an issue in Jordan, so that positive." McCallum was joined by Health Minister Jane Philpott and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan. Ninety people were put through a multi-step process, some under the eye of three federal cabinet ministers who travelled to the Jordanian capital to see firsthand how their plan to bring 25,000 Syrians to Canada by the end of February actually looks. They flew to Amman late Saturday, spending the day meeting international aid and UN officials and Jordanian leaders on Sunday and then flying straight back to Ottawa. Refugees whose cases are being processed at the Jordanian facility represent only some of the 15,000 Syrians the government is seeking to resettle itself. Canadian reporters were not permitted to report on their visit until they left the country, for what officials said were security reasons, but both the UN and Jordan King Abudllah II posted word and photos of the trip on Twitter during the day. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.