United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Loly Rico

Loly Rico: But as of today, a shockingly low number have made their way to Canada, according to CTV. Skip ahead to the 36-minute mark of the video above to see our full interview with Rico and Nine months ago the Canadian government announced plans to resettle up to 1,300 refugees from war-torn Syria by the end of this year, adding it would immediately take in 200 people who were deemed high risk by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. I believe what they offered at the time was because of political pressure, says Loly Rico, president of the Canadian Council for Refugees , to Kevin Newman Live . Rico is from El Salvador and was a refugee when she came to Canada in 1990. She now works to help people through the process. Part of that political pressure was because other countries were accepting refugees. They should increase the number of refugees and have a special program. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.