Refugee Applicants: Sponsor Refugees and Yemane Estimates

refugee applicants: It sad, he said, according to CBC. Yemane estimates there are more than 7,000 Eritrean-Calgarians, possibly the second largest population of Eritreans in Canada, behind Toronto. This year, they say they were only allowed to sponsor 21 refugees through the Eritrean Canadian Community Association of Calgary, said former president Mussie Yemane, despite there being thousands of hopefuls. He says nearly everyone has relatives who want to come here as refugees. The three refugee applicants would have to be Eritreans who are currently based in Sudan. MORE CALGARY NEWS I dont think we are above some politicians using race to bait their constituency, says Brown authorMORE CALGARY NEWS Mosque holds open house to connect with Calgarians, reduce misconceptions, vandalism Recently, the group gained three more sponsorship slots, an allocation Yemane said the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society offered up. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.