Ontario Canada will accept 5,000 refugees by end of year
Ontario intends to accept 5,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year and a corresponding number of years, expressed by the Prime Minister of Canada Province, Kathleen Wayne.
At the same time, it asked the Federal Government of Canada to facilitate its plans.
Ontario, the most populous province of Canada, "calls this stage a response from the federal government to accommodate 5,000 refugees by the end of the year," said Kathleen Wayne.
Faced with the immigration crisis in the Mediterranean "it is clear that we must do more, people want to do more and we can do more," she said at a press conference.
Also, the prime minister of Ontario has asked the federal government to accelerate the procedures for giving refugee status to thousands of immigrants, a formality necessary for receiving in Canada.
"By the end of 2016 Objective of Ontario is to accept 10,000 of these refugees," said Kathleen Wayne.
A week earlier the government of Quebec announced that it will accept 3,650 Syrian refugees by the end of December, and asking that the federal government accelerate procedures.
For two weeks the immigration crisis has become a central theme of the election campaign for the parliamentary elections of October with the outgoing conservative government of Canada criticized for crisis management.
The New Democratic Party (left) has pledged that, if elected, will ensure that Canada accept 46,000 refugees over the next four years, of which 10,000 to the end of the year. The Liberal Party (center) pledged to accept 25,000 refugees immediately, while the outgoing government insists in 10,000, the rate requested by the UN for this year from Canada.
Meanwhile, the Canadian government announced that it has created a temporary fund for Syrian refugees in camps in neighboring countries Syria.
The amount to be paid to the fund will be equal to the amount of private donations that have made Canadians, explained yesterday the Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development.
The Canadian assistance will be given to refugees through the UN and non-governmental organizations "such as the Red Cross and Red Crescent," he explained.
Ontario intends to accept 5,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year and a corresponding number of years, expressed by the Prime Minister of Canada Province, Kathleen Wayne.
At the same time, it asked the Federal Government of Canada to facilitate its plans.
Ontario, the most populous province of Canada, "calls this stage a response from the federal government to accommodate 5,000 refugees by the end of the year," said Kathleen Wayne.
Faced with the immigration crisis in the Mediterranean "it is clear that we must do more, people want to do more and we can do more," she said at a press conference.
Also, the prime minister of Ontario has asked the federal government to accelerate the procedures for giving refugee status to thousands of immigrants, a formality necessary for receiving in Canada.
"By the end of 2016 Objective of Ontario is to accept 10,000 of these refugees," said Kathleen Wayne.
A week earlier the government of Quebec announced that it will accept 3,650 Syrian refugees by the end of December, and asking that the federal government accelerate procedures.
For two weeks the immigration crisis has become a central theme of the election campaign for the parliamentary elections of October with the outgoing conservative government of Canada criticized for crisis management.
The New Democratic Party (left) has pledged that, if elected, will ensure that Canada accept 46,000 refugees over the next four years, of which 10,000 to the end of the year. The Liberal Party (center) pledged to accept 25,000 refugees immediately, while the outgoing government insists in 10,000, the rate requested by the UN for this year from Canada.
Meanwhile, the Canadian government announced that it has created a temporary fund for Syrian refugees in camps in neighboring countries Syria.
The amount to be paid to the fund will be equal to the amount of private donations that have made Canadians, explained yesterday the Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development.
The Canadian assistance will be given to refugees through the UN and non-governmental organizations "such as the Red Cross and Red Crescent," he explained.
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