In Canada makes big efforts and invests finance to accept the Syrian Armenian refugees arriving in the country and provide them with necessary supplies. “Armenpress” reports the information citing The Globe and Mail.
Without state financing, community members will receive with their own means the SyrianArmenian refugees arriving in Canada in the upcoming days. There are already more than 1,300 approved sponsorship applications. About 350 people have already arrived, with 1,000 expected, and applications are still pouring in for about 80 people a day.
“Canada’s eased refugee rules have made the country an easy choice for many Armenians in the Middle East. Other than Armenia itself, Canada is the only place where they can easily move right now and also integrate into an existing cultural community,” Apkar Mirakian, who is directing the settlement project for the community centre, said.
All newly arrived children will begin school with free tuition at the private Armenian school attached to the community centre, and when the school inevitably overflows, the community centre will start converting its rooms into classrooms, Mr. Mirakian said. “We are exhausting the resources of the community.”
The federal government has told sponsors it costs about $25,000 to sponsor a family for a year.
