Syrian Newcomers: Fedaa Laflouf and Mississauga Apartment

syrian newcomers: You have no excuse not to show up for the classes, said Fedaa Laflouf, a native from Homs, who was sponsored to Canada with her husband and four children by the federal government last October via Lebanon, according to Toronto Star. Since January, the 42-year-old woman has been attending English classes in the basement of her apartment building on Mississauga Valley Blvd., near Burnhamthorpe Rd., at the hub of the newly arrived Syrian refugee community. Andrew Francis Wallace / Toronto Star By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Fri., May 19, 2017 For a group of Syrian newcomers at a Mississauga apartment complex, English language training is delivered at their doorstep. The classes have a total of 30 students, who all live in one of eight highrises in the area, within five minutes' walk to the makeshift but fully equipped campus. Catholic Crosscultural Services decided to bring the classes here due to the high concentration of refugees in the neighbourhood. Unlike traditional English classes for newcomers delivered at a central location often in commercial or industrial areas, these classes are provided right in the backyard of the community of newcomers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.