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Canada gov't pledges to speed up resettlement of Syrian refugees

Published 2015-09-19, 07:25 p/m
© Reuters. Canada gov't pledges to speed up resettlement of Syrian refugees

TORONTO, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Canada's Conservative
government pledged on Saturday to speed up the processing of
refugee applications from Syrians and Iraqis, an issue on which
it has been criticized by political opponents as it heads into
an Oct. 19 election.
Immigration Minister Chris Alexander said Canada would
designate Syrians who have fled the conflict there as "prima
facie" refugees, rather than waiting for a United Nations agency
to formally process them.
Canada will also deploy more immigration officials to handle
applications, take steps to facilitate private sponsorship and
work to ensure the vast majority of applications from Syrians
and Iraqis are processed within six months, he said.
"These measures will ensure that thousands of Syrian and
Iraqi refugees will have reached Canada by the end of 2015,"
Alexander told reporters in Toronto.
"Our existing commitment to resettle 10,000 Syrians will be
complete a full 15 months earlier than originally anticipated."
Canada's Conservative government came under fire earlier
this month after it emerged that the British Columbia-based aunt
of a Syrian toddler whose body washed up on a Turkish beach had
hoped to help the family emigrate to Canada.
The center-left opposition Liberals and New Democrats have
railed against Canada's slow refugee process and pledged to do
more to accept additional refugees from the war in Syria if they
win power next month.

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