Downtown Hotel and Government

conference rooms: Three other families are at the same hotel, a temporary home where children play in the hallways and their parents sip coffee and share meals in conference rooms. "What you heard in the media, complaints against the government, that untrue, according to CBC. They are personal opinions ... they do not represent us," Alchebly said. "It been excellent so far. Syrians feel 'hopeless' as government-sponsored refugees in Toronto, mother says Alchebly, a lawyer who fled the violence in Aleppo, is staying at a downtown hotel with his family. We are comfortable, and we thank the government, the ministry and everybody." Alchebly comments follow an interview that aired Monday on CBC Toronto Metro Morning. Independent volunteers Virginia Johnson and Kate Bate have been helping some 15 refugee families at the downtown hotel. Virginia Johnson, one of two volunteers working at a downtown budget hotel housing 85 refugees, told host Matt Galloway the refugees have been there for weeks and have no idea when they will be able to leave. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.