Syrian refugees are doing Canada a favour

They have come for one and only one reason: to avoid death. Offering them menial jobs that locals will not take and providing them with sub-standard housing is no great act of charity.

A group of refugees pictured landing in a north beach of Lesvos Island, Greece, after crossing the 10 km from the Turkish to the Greek coast. Photograph courtesy Fernando Del Berro

Opinion

BY DEMETRIS GEORGIADES 

August 1, 2016

CYPRUS—One of the benefits of being an expatriate of Canada is being able to view Canada through an unbiased, discriminating vantage point. As such, I take it upon myself to advise most Canadian mainstream media to conduct thorough research on pre-war Syria from a socio-economic perspective. On...

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