Toughest part of Syrian resettlement still ahead

For the first time, government-sponsored refugees have topped the numbers of privately sponsored refugees, and another 15,000 displaced Syrians—a mix of both programs—will arrive by the end of February.
OTTAWA—Much of the political and national conversation on the Trudeau government’s ambitious Syrian refugee program has revolved around targets and timelines. But that has obscured a larger truth. As the country’s 10,000th Syrian refugee arrives in Canada, the toughest part of this project fo...

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