Mike Timani: Syrian and Brunswick

mike timani: They were responding to concerns that Syrian refugee families were leaving New Brunswick to settle in larger centres across Canada, according to CBC. Saint John losing Syrian newcomers to larger cities The New Brunswick Multicultural Association says roughly five per cent of Syrian refugee families have left the province. "It no doubt, we're always going to lose some but when you look at this what we have lost without looking actually looking at what we have gained, we only lost 4.2 per cent of the total," said Timani. Both Mike Timani, the president of the New Brunswick Multicultural Association, and Alex LeBlanc, the group executive director, say it is common that some refugees will decide to leave a province after they have settled. Both Timani and LeBlanc said the focus now has to stay on the 95 per cent of Syrian refugee families that have chosen to stay in the province. To date, LeBlanc said 103 Syrian refugees have found full-time or part-time work and 38 others will be employed in the next few weeks. Alex LeBlanc, the executive director of the New Brunswick Multicultural Council, said some refugees will leave once they've settled so they can reunite with family in other cities. "Five per cent leaving means that we've got 95 per cent of the families that are here and that where our attention is now," said LeBlanc. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.