Syrian Refugees: Nova Scotia

syrian refugees: I would like to thank everyone who pushed us to come here, said Mubarak, according to The Chronicle Herald. He joined many other thankful newcomers at the Halifax Central Library on Wednesday night, where the Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia held a gathering to thank Nova Scotians for pitching in to help newcomers. A refugee from Syria's southern city of Daraa, his feet touched Nova Scotian soil for the first time on July 6 last year, after four years spent as a refugee in Jordan. It is also one year since the federal government completed its airlift of the first 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada and ISANS says that 1,586 have been resettled in Nova Scotia. Mills said that after one year, the warm Nova Scotian welcome given to Syrians is paying off newly-resettled refugees are learning English children much faster than adults and finding jobs. Families and individuals have stepped up to the plate and done so much to provide that welcome, so we wanted to say a huge thank you, said ISAN executive director Gerry Mills. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.