Hussen: Minister and Refugee

hussen: The teens shared their recommendations, thoughts and questions with the minister, who arrived in Canada from Somalia as an unaccompanied refugee when he was 16, according to CBC. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen put in some good hustle during and indoor soccer game with a group of teens in Vancouver on Friday. Minister Ahmed Hussen sat down with the group of young people, called Fresh Voices, who had all experienced the immigrant or refugee settlement process in Canada. Rafferty Baker/CBC I'm always prepared to listen to people on the ground who are accessing the system, whether it's refugee loans or other issues related to immigration, to see what we can do better, said Hussen after the closed-door meeting. Canada choosing 'the opposite approach' on refugees and immigration Hussen Toronto MP Ahmed Hussen 1st Somali-Canadian appointed to federal cabinet Ahmed Hussen From teenage refugee to rookie MP The minister said he gained insight into the struggles some recently-arrived families have with things like learning a new language. We had a great conversation around services that are accessed by refugee and newcomer youth, how those services sometime help, but sometimes miss the unique needs of refugee and newcomer youth, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.