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Refugees: English and Syrian Refugees

refugees: He says he moved past the English for Arabs videos and on to basic English instruction, according to CBC. Al-Radi, 29, was part of the first wave of Syrian refugees to arrive in Canada after the election of the Liberal government last fall. He diligently follows along with the instructor, taking notes and writing out phrases on his note pad. Syrian refugees fear what lies ahead as government-sponsored year runs out It was very hard Learning English a struggle for Syrian refugees, and support not always there When he arrived, he had no English, no job, no home for his young wife and baby and no plan. Roughly 80,000 people live in the sprawling camp. A Syrian refugee walks with her two kids at Zaatari Syrian refugee camp, near the Syrian border in Mafraq, Jordan in 2013. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.