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Syrian Refugees and Amnesty International

: Yet our very necessary challenge for 2016 is to go further, according to Huffington Post Canada. We must shore up and build on the sympathy and compassion for Syrian refugees that Canadians have displayed in such abundance. It is heartening and encouraging. And we must reverse the punitive reforms that have dominated Canadian refugee policy in recent years. That certainly extended to Canada. This time last year Amnesty International had just released a report slamming the international community for its miserly response to the Syrian refugee crisis. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.