Syrian Refugees and Paul United Church

Glen Abbey United Church: Paul United Church. "All these refugees being highlighted in the news and the need that out there, why aren't they on this list " ANALYSIS Syrian refugees: Are others left out of the generosity Refugee advocates warn against shift to private sponsorship'Colossal effort' underway to bring 10,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by year endCBC IN JORDAN Syrian refugees have 3 days to pack for a new life in CanadaANALYSIS Why Canada refugee plan falls well short of a real solution The group, made up of members from St, according to CBC. Paul and nearby Glen Abbey United Church, had a discussion about their priorities and decided to proceed with the sponsorship anyway. "We need to realize — and maybe the rest of the community needs to realize — that there are refugees all over the world, that Syria the one being highlighted right now, but people are in need in many different places," Laforet said. But when they were presented with a list of government-vetted families awaiting sponsorship through the Blended Visa Office-Referred program, they were surprised to find there wasn't a single Syrian on there. "We thought, OK, well, why " said Deborah Laforet, minister of St. Demand has outstripped supply' According to the UN Refugee Agency , there are 59.5 million people worldwide who have been forcibly displaced from their homes by war, poverty or persecution. The Canadian government has pledged to bring 25,000 Syrians to Canada through a combination of private and public sponsorship. Of those, 19.5 million were officially registered as refugees in 2014, and one in four is Syrian. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.