Rafi Allaouirdian and Emanuel

Syrian-Armenian: And while Hay Doun, a Montreal-based Armenian community group, is backing the application, the family is effectively being sponsored by the entire town."People in the community are by and large very happy and excited we are doing this," Emanuel said, according to Metro News. Emanuel first contacted Rafi Allaouirdian, an Armenian shoemaker from Lebanon who been living in Sutton for several years."My ex-wife is a Syrian-Armenian," said Allaouirdian. "We know a lot of people who are refugees and living all over the world. The Apkarians will be the first Syrian refugees in Sutton, Emanuel said. I said maybe I could find a family to sponsor. The mother is Allaouirdian sister-in-law."If they are called for the medical then it an automatic Yes ," he said. "From what I understand there is no 'No,' it always 'Yes.'"When the Apkarians will arrive is unclear, however, as they wind their way through Canada refugee-settling processing system. And that when the Apkarians came into the picture."The couple and their three children, aged between 15 and 20, are in Lebanon waiting for the Canadian government to give them a medical examination. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.