Giving refugees the best chance to succeed
It is time for a change in government policy. This coming October, when the government sets a target for the number of refugees to be welcomed in 2018, it should give first priority to sponsorship groups willing to host refugees recommended by the United Nations as the most vulnerable.
One lesson we learned from the influx of Syrians to Canada in late 2015 and early 2016 is that refugees supported by a citizen sponsorship group are far more likely to succeed than those backed by the government.
Of the 25,000 Syrian refugees brought to Canada in that period, 16,000 came as Governm...
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