immigrantscanada.com

Independent topical source of current affairs, opinion and issues, featuring stories making news in Canada from immigrants, newcomers, minorities & ethnic communities' point of view and interests.

Canadian Forces and Liberal Government

young children: Photos taken by the Canadian Forces at the airport point showed a mix of men and women, teens and young children, some being offered teddy bears by Canadian officials, according to Hamilton Spectator. The flight left Beirut and travelled to Germany, where the military Airbus stopped for refuelling and a change of crew before landing in Toronto late Thursday night. They boarded a military plane as the vanguard of 25,000 refugees the Liberal government wants to bring to Canada by the end of February. All of the Syrians on board Thursday are being sponsored by private groups, many of whom had filed the paperwork months ago in order to bring in some of the estimated 4.3 million Syrians displaced by the ongoing civil war in that country. The first Canadians the Syrians were to meet upon landing at Toronto Pearson airport range from the prime minister to a team of civil servants and border officers who will complete the final pieces of paperwork required. But the sponsors will have to wait awhile longer before they personally greet the new arrivals. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.