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Chrystia Freeland and Canadian Officials

Syrian refugee: The details of the plan will be announced Tuesday, but already Canadian officials have been working on the ground to process people, according to CBC. Liberals to announce details of Syrian refugee plan Tuesday Trudeau, first ministers meet Monday ahead of UN climate talks Chrystia Freeland, Bill Maher spar on HBO over Muslims Provincial support exceeds Canada Syrian refugee target: immigration minister In the last six weeks alone, Canadian authorities have managed to screen about 100 people a day in Lebanon to help the government reach its ambitious target of getting 25,000 Syrian refugees here by the end of the year. Sources tell CBC News that to deal with some ongoing concerns around security, unaccompanied men seeking asylum will not be part of the program. These are on top of the refugees being processed by the United Nations Refugee Agency. But last week Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said the process will be on top of what the United Nations is already doing. The government has so far been mum about both the kind of security screening it is doing and whether it will be limited to refugee camps overseas, or whether some of it will take place in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.