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Toronto Montreal and Refugee Resettlement Program

commercial flights: Two special terminals set up in Toronto and Montreal will be shut down and any other Syrian refugees coming to Canada will arrive on commercial flights, according to Huffington Post Canada. The refugee resettlement program was launched in November after the Liberals came to power, but it soon became apparent they would be unable to meet a promise to bring in 25,000 government-sponsored refugees by the end of the year. John McCallum helps Syrian refugee Ramez with his glove at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Feb. 29, 2016. Instead, the deadline was pushed to the end of February and the 25,000 Syrians that have already arrived are a mix of more than 14,300 refugees assisted by the government and about 8,500 sponsored privately. More than half of those who have arrived have been resettled, he said. McCallum called it a "significant milestone" but said the work continues to integrate the Syrians into the community. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.