Canada and Estrangement

: Expat Syrians tend to scatter wherever they resettle, and they explain their estrangement from each other in two ways, according to Globe and Mail. They come from a cosmopolitan trading hub and tend to feel quickly at ease in new cultures. Across Canada, even in famously multicultural Toronto, there little perceptible Syrian diaspora. At the same time, the long-time surveillance and oppression of the Assad government has made them wary of each other, maintaining aloofness even after decades in Canada. They’ve done so even across divisions that can remain bitter. With 25,000 refugees soon to settle across the country, Syrian Canadians are determined to pave their way and reconnect with each other in the process. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.