Refugee crisis not solved yet; let’s get better understanding of it

The world and Canada pretended to discover a problem they were not aware of. But we are ignoring it now, like we did before.

National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, left, Immigration Minister John McCallum, and Health Minister Jane Philpott, are pictured Nov. 19, at a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan with a UNHCR staffer.Photograph courtesy of Immigration Canada

Opinion

BY ANGELO PERSICHILLI

August 22, 2016

TORONTO—In the middle of last year's federal election campaign, I had the impression that, finally, media and politicians understood the seriousness of Syrian refugees’ situation. It was the wrong impression.

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