Government Increase: Government and Refugees

government increase: Government sponsored refugees have all of that taken care of by the federal government, said Mills, according to CBC. This year about 20,000 people were brought into the country as government-assisted refugees, in 2015 nearly 10,000 refugees were sponsored by the federal government. The changes to Canada immigration program will see the federal government increase the number of privately sponsored refugees to 16,000 in 2017, while the number of government sponsored refugees is being rolled back to 7,500. "It just a little disappointing that the federal government responsibility — those numbers are smaller than actually we thought they would be," said Gerry Mills director of operations for ISANS. Canada declining target for refugees 'doesn't add up' for immigration advocate Privately sponsored refugees arrive in Canada with financial help from community groups who pay for their travel and help them with housing, clothing and other basic needs. Responsibility to support refugees Canada will also increase the number of skilled workers, businesspeople and caregivers it allows in. "It good for the economy, it good for demographics, it good for the country, but we also need to take our responsibility in the world for supporting refugees," Mills told Information Morning. From 2011 to 2015, 260,000 immigrants were accepted into Canada. In total the base number of immigrants allowed into the country will increase to 300,000 in 2017. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.