Waterloo Region: Hasn T and Mahdi Al-Halel

waterloo region: Mahdi al-Halel, his wife and their three children didn t get here until this past March but that hasn t stopped them from forming opinions about their new home, according to CTV. It like a dream, he said in an interview. Thousands of government-sponsored refugees arrived in Canada in December 2015, with hundreds of them settling in Waterloo Region that month alone. We feel safe, and we feel happy for the kids. People who have been working closely with refugees say the language barrier has been one of the biggest challenges for many to overcome. They are now safe. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.