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Syrian Family: Queiroz and Community Organization

syrian family: The community organization was founded to re-settle refugees in the territory, according to CBC. It's now assisting an Eritrean man who has come to Canada from Israel, de Queiroz said. She said Yukon Cares which sponsored the first Syrian refugee family to come to Yukon, two years ago is working on a number of refugee files. It is also waiting for the final clearances for a single Syrian man and a Syrian family of five, said de Queiroz. Raquel De Queiroz, far left, with three of the Aarafat sisters, in 2016 at Swan Haven on Marsh Lake. They are relatives of the Aarafats, the first family who came to Yukon. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.