Canadian Armed Forces and Syrian Refugees

government-assisted: They have since promised to resettle another 15,000 Syrians refugees who are "mostly government-assisted" by March 1. 52 soldiers return to Gagetown after helping Syrian refugees Quebec looks for ways to teach Syrian refugees French With more Syrian refugees arriving every week, the military is beginning to wind down its overseas efforts with approximately 70 Canadian Armed Forces members returning from Lebanon and Jordan where they were helping to process Syrian refugees, according to CBC. Today also marks the first time the number of government-sponsored refugees surpasses the number of privately sponsored ones since the Liberals were elected. The Liberals originally committed to resettling 25,000 government-assisted refugees by Dec. 31 but lowered the target to 10,000 in November, announcing they would be a mix of government-assisted and privately sponsored refugees. According to the latest data on the Immigration Department website, a total of 9,562 Syrian refugees have arrived in Canada since Nov. 4, when the new government was sworn into office. Another 617 have arrived in Canada thanks to a mix of support from the federal government and private sponsors. Of that, 4,744 are government-assisted refugees, compared to 4,201 who have been privately sponsored. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.