SRSG Newcomers

: Nammoura said whereas the SRSG was previously focused on making sure the newcomers had all the things they needed, including housing, clothes, appliances and other necessities such as that, they’re now concentrated on these two priorities, according to Metro News. The SRSG is now using the connections and community they fostered at the warehouse to facilitate volunteer led English as a second language classes . We can see the system is overloaded with all the newcomers and trying to accommodate them all at the same time so the wait list was super long—too long, he said. There are only two ways to integrate, only two ways we can guarantee the success of the Syrian refugee resettlement in Canada—language and jobs, he said. Nammoura said many of the volunteers from the SRSG are now trying to set up ESL group classes to bridge this gap. Anytime we post something about any job opportunities they jump on it, and it not necessarily because they want to make more money, he said. He said finding jobs is not only important for the newcomers to begin making money, but also as a way to socialize and integrate. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.