Canada should do more for refugees in Central America

The Trudeau government's Syrian response is commendable, but there's another little-noticed crisis closer to home.

A monument at the Tijuana-San Diego border commemorates people who have died attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexican border. Each coffin represents a year and the number of dead.Photograph courtesy of Tomas Castelazo

Opinion

BY ABELARDO GóMEZ, MICHAEL O’SHEA

February 1, 2017

Canadians should be proud of their government’s support of thousands of Syrian refugees who have fled a brutal civil war. In the last three years, almost 40,000 Syrian refugees have been resettled in hundreds of communities throughout Canada, with more applicants being processed every day. By comp...

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