UN High Commissioner Refugees and Furio De Angelis

Canadian representative: Rumours are already going in the refugee populations that there a large program, that Canadians are coming, said Furio De Angelis, the Canadian representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, according to The Chronicle Herald. We have to explain, present it as it is, an extraordinary effort but not everyone is eligible. United Nations staff working with the Canadian government to figure out who will be on the planes or ships dispatched to the region in the coming weeks say they are trying to keep expectations realistic. The UN refugee agency, tasked with overseeing what been called the greatest refugee crisis since the Second World War — is actually very specific when it comes to selecting people for resettlement. Those categories are applied against a person current situation, not the one they left. Their cases are assessed against a number of categories, including whether they’re in immediate physical danger, are survivors of violence or torture, have medical needs or are a woman, child or adolescent at risk. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.