Quebec City: Refugee Program and Applications

quebec city: Quebec to temporarily suspend all new private refugee sponsorship applications Sponsors rush to submit applications to Quebec's refugee program before it shutters By the end of June, 2019, 200 refugees including but not exclusively Syrians will be settled in the community 300 kilometres northeast of Quebec City, according to CBC. The first 40 people are expected to arrive by June 30, 2017. Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil made the announcement Wednesday in Rimouski, just two days after she announced that private sponsorship applications would be put on ice, to deal with the growing backlog. Unlike privately sponsored refugees who are given financial and social support by individuals or groups, government-sponsored refugees are often chosen from refugee camps located in countries bordering Syria, such as Jordan. Radio-Canada Speaking on Quebec AM Thursday, Veil said it was important to strike a balance between private and publicly sponsored refugees. Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil announced 200 government-assisted refugees will be settled in Rimouski between June 2017 and June 2019. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.