下面这则新闻是刊登在今天的GLOBE AND MAIL WEEKEND上的,不过也许在昨天的VANCOUVER的报纸上已刊登过,所以在网络版上是昨天的日期。全文在:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/montreal-and-toronto-to-get-the-most-refugees/article27520237/。以下是一点节选.6 r. b1 `& Z. E9 N+ r: C
' ` D) D: U( `% s5 h8 k1 F# ]Most of the Syrian refugees being welcomed to Canada under the federal Liberals’ expedited plan will land in Montreal or Toronto and its suburbs and the vast majority of them will be privately sponsored, says a Nov. 19 government snapshot of approved applications obtained by The Globe and Mail. Citizenship and Immigration Canada has 2,400 Syrians slated to arrive in Montreal proper and more than 2,700 people headed for the Greater Toronto Area. Those two cities are home to two-thirds of the 40,000 Canadians of Syrian origin.
: R. l/ R- A+ r' LIn the first wave, to arrive within weeks, 9,400 refugees on the list are joining the family members or religious and community groups that sponsored them, with only 1,750 getting some form of government help. Ottawa promised that 10,000 Syrian refugees would enter the country by year’s end and pledged to sponsor the majority of another 15,000 Syrians to be settled by the end of February. The government report’s list of communities across the country where the refugees will land skews heavily toward Ontario and Quebec, with roughly 200 headed to B.C. and less than a thousand settling in the Prairies. ... & z9 m$ t7 C' n
Only 311 of the people slated to arrive in Canada by the end of this year are sponsored solely by the government, according to the document obtained by The Globe. Government-assisted refugees receive full support from Canada or Quebec for up to a year or until they are able to support themselves. ' r. B; j% f4 l# F7 H2 S& w
A forum in Toronto this weekend will draw more than 100 groups from across the country, including representatives of federal, provincial and municipal governments, to develop a road map for providing the influx of refugees with adequate housing, health and mental health services, child and youth care and help with finding a job. : j( @+ ]( B! E& c# a7 J
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