Canada’s refugee success story. Private sponsors ease refugees into new lives
Shortly after midnight on 31 December 2015, Iman and Zaher Ahmad* and their two young daughters arrived at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Canada after a 14-hour flight from Beirut.
What Does It Mean to Help One Family?
Wissam al-Hajj, a Syrian refugee, woke up in the most comfortable home she had ever lived in, an apartment growing increasingly stuffed with toys for her four children. She realized she had slept far more soundly than usual. But when she remembered why, she grew irritated: Her husband, Mouhamad, had hidden the phone from her.
Au secours des réfugiés les plus vulnérables
Champions du parrainage privé au pays, les Québécois ont accueilli de cette façon pas moins de 5500 réfugiés syriens depuis la fin 2015. Dans certains cas — encore trop rares —, la générosité dépasse les frontières du coeur, et des familles représentant un plus lourd fardeau sont choisies dans le lot.
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