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Federal Government and Family

family: The Al Dandashi family fled Syria in April 2012 and went to Lebanon, where they registered with the United Nations High Commission on Refugees, according to Times Colonist. Two weeks ago, the family of five arrived in Laval, north of Montreal and A family of Syrian refugees who had to endure years of bureaucracy to get to Canada thanked the federal government on Thursday for opening doors to them. Their case was presented to Canadian officials in January 2014 and a week later, the Canadian embassy in Beirut contacted the family. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.