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UPDATE 1-First planeload of Syria refugees to arrive in Toronto on Thursday

Published 2015-12-09, 03:07 p/m
© Reuters. UPDATE 1-First planeload of Syria refugees to arrive in Toronto on Thursday

(Adds quote from prime minister, background)
OTTAWA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - The first planeload of Syrian
refugees from camps in Jordan and Lebanon will arrive in Canada
on Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday.
Another such aircraft will arrive in Montreal on Saturday,
he told legislators.
"Resettling refugees demonstrates our commitment to
Canadians and the world that Canada understands we can and must
do more," said Trudeau.
The Liberal government plans to resettle 10,000 refugees
from Syria's four-year-old civil war by the end of the year and
a further 15,000 by the end of February. Officials say the
refugees on the first plane loads will be mostly or entirely
privately sponsored.
The government last month acknowledged that its original
Jan. 1 target for accepting 25,000 Syrian refugees was too
difficult to meet. Trudeau made the initial pledge part of his
election campaign but a wide array of critics said the goal was
unrealistic.
Ottawa plans to accept Syrians from Jordan, Lebanon and
Turkey. But Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister John
McCallum said on Wednesday the process was not as advanced in
Turkey as in the other two nations.
His department's website (http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/refugees/welcome/milestones.asp)
said that as of Dec. 3, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees
had referred 8,554 Syrians to Canadian officials for interviews.
As of Dec. 7, there were 1,451 Syrian refugees who had
received permanent resident visas to come to Canada but had not
arrived. McCallum said Canadian officials were now interviewing
a total of 800 refugees each day in Amman and Beirut.

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