Liberals ‘confident’ February deadline for 25,000 Syrian refugees will be reached, says PS Virani

The Liberal government is “very confident” it will meet its February deadline to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada—even though, as of mid-December, fewer than 1,400 Syrian refugees had arrived since the new government took power on Nov. 4.

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