Corner: Family and Corner Brook

corner: Potluck welcomes Syrian refugee family to Corner Brook Group member Ivan Emke said that saying goodbye was hard, but it important to remember that people in Corner Brook succeeded in giving a Syrian family a chance to start over. "We wanted to bring them to safety, to give them a start as a Canadian family here, according to CBC. And they continue to say how much they appreciate that," Emke said. "It very gratifying to know that we did what we set out to do." Jamila al Homsi enjoys pizza at a community potluck Jan. 3, just days after her family arrived in Corner Brook. The al Homsi family was the first of two Syrian families who came to western Newfoundland, under the sponsorship of the Refugee Support Group – Corner Brook Region. Family ties Mohammad al Homsi, his wife Faten Fouad al Shahadat and their children, nine-year-old Khaled and eight-year-old Jamila, arrived in Corner Brook on Dec. 28, 2015. Thank you was probably one of the first English words they knew, and they used it a lot.'- Ivan Emke A group in Kingston was willing to provide support to the al Homsis if they relocated, so that group now looks after day-to-day help for the family. They had extended family in Kingston, Ont. and after spending the winter and spring in Newfoundland, the al Homsis expressed an interest in possibly reuniting with their relatives. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.