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Tom Denton: Refugee Sponsorship

Hospitality House Dept: A thousand more refugees could be coming to Canada, if sponsors are willing to welcome them, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "It's encouraging," said Tom Denton, executive director of Hospitality House, the non-profit, church-run refugee sponsorship agency. After announcing it was closing one door on new refugee applications by private sponsors last year, Citizenship and Immigration is about to open another, he said and rUTH BONNEVILLE / Tom Denton: 'encouraging' The news was delivered on Thursday in Winnipeg when Manitoba refugee sponsors met with Citizenship and Immigration manager John Nychek. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.