Vancouver: Syrian Refugees and Metro Vancouver

vancouver: She says between herself and other private sponsors, there are about 100 Syrian refugees in northern Iraq who have families waiting for them in Metro Vancouver, according to Metro News. It felt like a really concrete positive thing we could do to help, said Dudley, who put in her private sponsorship refugee application for the two families with eight children in January 2016 . Knowing that here are a lot of Syrians in the Metro Vancouver area who are watching the war unfold and worried about their relatives, knowing that we could help one of our neighbours, a local family here, was really appealing. Alison Dudley and a handful of other Lions Bay residents are sponsoring two Syrian families who are stuck in refugee camps, waiting for Canadian refugee officials to interview them. Syrian refugee report shows challenges and successes after one year in B.C. Syrian refugees, one year later I feel like Canada is my country Royal visit Prince William and Kate meet Syrian refugee families The children uncle is a Burnaby resident and has been trying in vain to bring his family to Canada since the Syrian civil war began five years ago. They live in dire circumstances. But when the federal government announced it would welcome 25,000 Syrian refugees, he hoped his family would be one of the lucky ones. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.