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Canada’s Immigration Minister John McCallum revealed on Wednesday that more cities and towns have been brought on board to start resettling Syrian refugees in order to alleviate the burden on the municipalities that have received the majority so far and now cannot currently house any more. Although Mr. McCallum failed to specify these cities, he explained that at least one or two will start seeing new arrivals of Syrian refugees “within a week or so” and promised to reveal further details “soon.”
In his remarks, Mr. McCallum stated “that [housing for refugees] has, from the beginning, always been a challenge,” adding that “but the good news is that if there are some cities asking for pauses, there are other parts of the country eager to receive refugees.” However, Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel point that she knows of at least one city willing to help. She stated that “my understanding is that there’s a lot of smaller urban centres, such as Medicine Hat, that are looking to help but are sort of feeling that frustration of not being able to tie into this lack of a [government] plan.”
The increasing number of cities and towns are starting to take in Syrians after resettlement officials in some of Canada’s largest cities requested federal government to delay the arrival of more government-sponsored refugees, due to a housing backlog. Mr. McCallum admitted that “significant” housing problem exists but add that it’s well “manageable.”
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