Refugee Sponsorship and Charlottetown Diocese

Charlottetown Diocese: The diocese, which covers all Roman Catholic churches on Prince Edward Island, has been working for several years to privately sponsor three refugee families . All three of those efforts ended in failure. , according to CBC. Diocese refugee sponsorship coordinator Dan Doran, who worked with CIC, said the Canadian government needs to provide more help with private refugee sponsorship. He said refugees sometimes have to wait as long as five years. The fate of two families sponsored by the Charlottetown Diocese as refugees is unknown, because the sponsoring church group lost touch with them while the Canadian government was processing their paperwork. The Charlottetown Diocese will make another effort to sponsor more families, says refugee sponsorship coordinator Dan Doran. One of those families ended up moving to Australia, but the church group lost touch with the other two families while waiting for Citizenship and Immigration Canada to approve them. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.