Putting faces to the millions who desperately need help

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With more than double Canada population searching for a new place to call home, it hard to put faces, let alone names, to them. But for a while in moncler outlet store 2015, we did.

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Together with George Soros foundation, the United Nations and the Canadian government, Giustra is also helping export Canada model for refugee sponsorship that began in the 1970s as response to the Vietnamese boat people.

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It one of the under reported tragedies of the migrant crisis. With so much media attention on Syrians, countries responded by giving them priority. Migrants fleeing war and violence in other countries like Afghanistan have been bypassed.

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Canada is not immune to these hate waves. So https://www.moncleroutletsite.com far this year, 10,600 asylum seekers have arrived and both the federal Conservatives and Ontario new Tory premier, Doug Ford, are fanning fears that they making the housing crisis worse, stealing jobs and taking advantage of health care.