October Election: Refugees and Year Canada

october election: The UN has estimated that in five years, the Syrian conflict has driven more than 4.8 million refugees to neighbouring countries, hundreds of thousands in Europe, and displaced 6.6 million people inside Syria against a pre-war population of over 20 million, according to CTV. To ensure Canada did its part, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged to bring in 25,000 refugees by February 2016 with an additional 25,000 government-supported refugees by the end of 2016. Last year Canada opened its doors to refugees affected by the ongoing conflict in Syria, which has been called one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. The Conservatives had pledged to bring in 10,000 refugees before last October election. Between November 2015 and July 2016 almost 30,000 Syrian refugees have come to Canada through government and private sponsorship. And nearly a year after Canada proposed the #Welcome Refugees initiative; the ambitious goals are being met. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.