Yasin Alhomsi and Canada

Torbram Electric Supply: But Yasin Alhomsi is determined to support himself and his family as soon as possible, according to CBC. The Syrian refugee, who was reunited with his father in Canada late last year after being tortured and imprisoned in Syria, recently started work at Torbram Electric Supply in Richmond. "My father, on the first day when I came to Canada, told the media, my children ... will start immediately to work and study," Alhomsi says. "And for that, I am proud because I achieve my father promise for Canadian people." Alhomsi and his brother Majd both found work through a youth employment program at Success. According to data from the federal government, most refugees don't find paying work in their first year in Canada. The federal government will subsidize their salaries for the first 10 weeks. Lily Lim, the division manager of career services with the Immigrant Services Society of B.C. says they haven't had any reports of newly-arrived Syrian refugees being employed. "I expect it may take a bit of time before we see any noticeable results, especially given the waitlist situation for government-funded language training which is a major need among the recent refugee arrivals," she wrote in an email. It may take a bit of time' The brothers' stories are far from typical. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.