Canada Refugees: Refugees and Canada

canada refugees: But in Middle East countries neighbouring Syria, an estimated 5,000 refugees are still waiting, despite being already matched with private sponsors in Canada, according to CTV. Ian Urquhart, a journalist and volunteer with Canada4Refugees, told CTV News Channel on Thursday that 5,000 privately-sponsored refugees are still waiting after the initial promise to relocate. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was applauded at the UN General Assembly in September when he spoke about how Canada has welcomed Syrian refugees with open arms. Urquhart recently wrote an op-ed in the Toronto Star urging Ottawa to eliminate the backlog of privately sponsored Syrians overseas. This has resulted in a backlog of refugees waiting to come to Canada. In an interview with CTV's Your Morning Thursday, Urquhart said that when the government hit its target of 25,000 refugees at the end of February 2016, they pulled resources from processing all those refugees. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.