Huda Bukhari

: He thought she'd just taken them to school and so waited until the end of the day, according to CTV. But when they didn't return, he went to the police, where he was promptly arrested: his wife had accused him of abuse. He told refugee settlement workers he'd come home to find his wife and two children missing. Centre staff say they don't know what happened to her. But on average, at least one Syrian woman a week is disclosing to them they are a victim of domestic violence. "This is not something that is prevalent within this particular group, it is prevalent within all refugee and newcomer populations," Huda Bukhari, the centre executive director, said Wednesday in an interview. "But because this particular group has come in all at once, then we see a lot more." Close to $1 billion in federal funds has been set aside for the Syrian refugee program, although a breakdown of how it being spent hasn't been released. Rumour has it she fled to Vancouver. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.