Federal Government and Syrian Refugees

Etab Saad: The federal government has committed to accepting 44,000 refugees in total this year, from all countries, according to CBC. B.C. has accepted more than 2,200 Syrian refugees so far this year. About 25,000 Syrian refugees have arrived in Canada. Read more about Refugees in B.C. Twenty-five of those refugees are hopping on a bus that will give them access to employers in retail, service, manufacturing, and construction sectors. "Many Syrians come with a lot of professional backgrounds, some of them were in regulated professions," Etab Saad, program coordinator with MOSAIC, told CBC Radio The Early Edition. "To get back into that regulated profession would take a lot of work — they need to put their foot in the door somewhere." The Canadian government says this is the second phase in the refugee settlement process. Finding work is difficult no matter who you are, said Saad. Now that the refugees have arrived, the emphasis is on helping them start new lives. 25,000 Syrian refugees have landed, now for Phase 2, says John McCallum Finding work Twenty-five Syrian refugees looking for jobs have the opportunity to visit various employers in Metro Vancouver today. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.