United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Kenney says the federal government is ready to respond immediately to a request by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to take in 200 urgent cases, according to The Chronicle Herald. He says thats over and above the number of resettlement spaces available to sponsorship agreement holders and EDMONTON Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says Canada plans to resettle up to 1,300 Syrian refugees by the end of next year. Kenney says Canada has also committed to accepting up to 1,100 Syrian refugees in 2014 through a private sponsorship program. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.