Refugees From Vietnam and Syrian Refugees

Omidvar Tory: In fact those efforts — which resulted in the resettlement of 60,000 refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos — were the inspiration for Lifeline Syria, she says, according to Toronto Star. At a Wednesday news conference, Omidvar and Tory challenged residents of the GTA and all Canadians to step up and help out. Canadians should reach out and help Syrian refugees just as they helped sponsor Vietnamese refugees in the late 1970s, Omidvar says. The Syrian crisis is taking place in a very different time and context than the Vietnam War, she says. The DNA of Toronto empathy remains the same, she says. But she believes people will step up. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.