Urgent Cases: Immigration Minister Chris Alexander

Immigration Minister Chris Alexander: Former immigration minister Jason Kenney said last month Canada would accept as many as 1,300 Syrian refugees by the end of next year, including 200 "extremely vulnerable, urgent cases.", according to CBC. "That pledge remains," Alexander told reporters. "It's in response to a very urgent appeal from the UNHCR UN High Commissioner for Refugees and we've been very generous, as we always are in Canada, with regard to refugee appeals." Two-hundred Syrian refugees to be accepted by the federal government as "urgent" cases have yet to arrive in Canada. But Immigration Minister Chris Alexander said in Ottawa on Friday none of those initial 200 refugees have yet arrived in Canada. Immigration Minister Chris Alexander says the first of the Syrian refugees will be re-settled in Canada in the 'coming months.' Chris Wattie/Reuters (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.