Ottawa: Immigration Minister Jason Kenney

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney: A coalition of community groups recently met with Immigration Minister Jason Kenney in Ottawa, asking the federal government to do what it has done for victims of the 2004 tsunami in South Asia and 2010 earthquake in Haiti , according to The Star. The latest United Nations data shows that more than 4.25 million Syrians are internally displaced and over 1.6 million have fled to neighbouring countries and As the humanitarian crisis in Syria continues, Syrian Canadians are pleading with Ottawa to speed up their family reunification applications to get their loved ones out of harms way. Although the Syria crisis is man-made, the coalition said they all have family members caught up in the chaos in need of protection. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.