Syrian: Syrian Refugees and Family

syrian: However, some people involved in refugee sponsorship said the program was not promoted enough, according to Globe and Mail. The government does not track how many Syrian refugees sponsored through Family Links have arrived in Canada,. Nearly 40,000 Syrian refugees had landed in Canada as of Jan. 2 21,751 government assisted, 13,997 privately sponsored and 3,923 through a blended program of private and government sponsorship. The immigration department said many private sponsors already knew Syrian refugees in Canada with displaced family members overseas, and therefore few of them used Family Links. The Family Links project was launched in January, 2016, in an effort to reunite Syrian refugees in Canada with family members displaced by the civil war overseas. The sponsors and family members then agreed to sponsorship terms, with the private sponsor usually providing 12 months of resettlement support. The federal government partnered with Catholic Crosscultural Services CCS which put Canadian sponsors in contact with Syrian refugees in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.