Refugee Program: Private Sponsorship

Immigration Minister Dept: Last year, the minister pledged to accept more than double the number of refugees who applied through Iraqis' most popular route to Canada -- the Canadian mission in Damascus. The government estimated that, between 2009 and 2011, approximately 2,500 refugees would be resettled through its private sponsorship program annually, according to CTV. Canada will extend both programs "by at least two additional years," Kenney said in a news release issued on Saturday, and called on Canadians to come forward as sponsors and canada is extending its Iraqi refugee program for another two years, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced Saturday, which will allow an additional 8,600 refugees to resettle in the country between 2011 and 2013. Earlier this year, Canada also increased the number of refugees it plans to resettle through the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, from 1,400 to 1,800 per year. As reported in the news.
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