Canada: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: The federal government will immediately take in 200 people deemed at high risk by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The remaining 1,100 are to be brought in via private sponsorship organizations by the end of next year. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "Canada is meeting its commitment to the UN and making an important contribution to the co-ordinated global effort to help Syrian refugees." EDMONTON - Canada plans to resettle up to 1,300 refugees from war-torn Syria by the end of next year, federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced Wednesday. "I've met with hundreds of Canadians of Syrian origin over the past year and have heard their anxiety and their desire to help with those facing danger and have had to flee their homes," Kenney said at a downtown Edmonton centre that assists new immigrants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.