Syrian Refugees and Mark Mac Kinnon

Canadian government: Syrian refugees who receive a 1 rating will be on a list of as many as 10,000 names that the UNHCR office in Jordan will offer to the Canadian government. for The Globe and Mail Refugees The Globe Mark Mac Kinnon in a UNHCR refugee screening centre Only about 6.3 per cent of refugees contacted indicated they were interested in coming to Canada when the UN got in touch with them between Nov. 18 and 26, according to Globe and Mail. This was chiefly in Jordan but also in Lebanon. Initial efforts in November by the United Nations to find Syrians in refugee camps keen on rapidly relocating thousands of kilometres to Canada as government-sponsored refugees bore relatively little fruit, new figures released by Ottawa show. The Canadian government, which released these numbers Wednesday, insists refugee interest has grown since late November – but could provide no numbers to back that up. Immigration Minister John McCallum said Canada can still meet its targets despite reluctance among some. They acknowledged many refugees in camps are still hoping they might return to Syria or want to remain in the region. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.