Ghina Salloum and Michael Qaqish

welcome party: Michael Qaqish said it was time for a welcome party. "We know that the first year and the first little while when refugees or immigrants come to a new country is the most difficult so we want to make sure that they know we're here to support them and we're here to provide all the tools that they need to succeed in their life in Canada," he said, according to CBC. Ghina Salloum, 13, has settled into a new home on St. Now that 1,500 Syrian refugees have been settled into their new homes in Ottawa, Coun. Laurent Boulevard and enrolled in Grade 7 since she arrived in Ottawa at the end of December. "Everything. Everything. I like everything," she said, adding that the Canadian Tulip Festival was a highlight. ""I like the schools, the people, the Canadian people. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.