Refugee Groups: Canada

Canada Dept: OTTAWA Refugee groups are accusing the Conservatives of backtracking on a pledge to increase the number of refugees resettled to Canada, according to The Chronicle Herald. The figures also show the government didn t meet its own target for the number of refugees it planned to resettle and statistics show that the number of refugees resettled in Canada in 2012 was down 26 per cent from 2011, despite repeated claims by the government that they re aiming to increase refugee levels by 20 per cent. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.