Syrian Refugees: Refugees and Asylum-Seeking Children

syrian refugees: Related stories Afraid of deportation under Trump, refugees brave the cold, escape to B.C. Fear of the Trump government' driving more asylum-seekers to B.C. on foot Peace Arch border rally features those impacted by Trump travel ban An Angus Reid Institute survey of 1,508 Canadians discovered that one-in-four would actually support a Donald Trump-style ban on accepting Syrian refugees into the country, according to Metro News. That stands in contrast to the widely shared photographs this weekend of smiling Canadian police officers carrying asylum-seeking children across the border less widely shared were subsequent images of the same officers arresting and handcuffing some of the refugees. But while some have dismissed as fringe some of the party's leading candidates to replace ex-Prime Minister Stephen Harper, notably immigration critics Kellie Leitch and Kevin O'Leary, a new opinion poll suggests the sentiment is more widely shared by Canadians than previously thought. It appears that not all Canadians are welcoming of the newcomers. And two-in-five of those polled, or 38 per cent, believed that many people in their community would not be welcoming to a refugee family, according to the Feb. 6-9 poll released overnight on Monday. More than half, for instance, agreed with the statement Too many refugees don't make enough of an effort to fit into mainstream Canadian society. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.