private sponsorships: Goodspeed said in an e-mail, according to Globe and Mail. That way we have the flexibility to respond to an urgent situation, which frankly we ignored for far too long under the previous government, while not jeopardizing attempts to clear the past backlog of long outstanding private sponsorships. Allow Canadians themselves to decide how many they want to sponsor and help in this current crisis, Mr. According to the Canadian Refugee Sponsorship Agreement Holders Association, there are 10,500 spots for privately sponsored refugee applications in Canada this year; it not clear how many of those are for Syrians. The Liberals set aside $245-million in this week federal budget for their resettlement over the next five years. The government itself has committed to sponsoring an additional 10,000 Syrian refugees this year.
(www.immigrantscanada.com). As
reported in the news.
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