Similar scenarios are being played out across Canada with 35,147 Syrian refugees having arrived since last November. And a further 4,135 applications have been finalized for Syrian refugees still in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and elsewhere. When residents of Prince Edward County came together to sponsor a Syrian refugee family last fall, they had little idea what the year would bring. A meeting at a local community centre drew an overflow crowd and the Prince Edward County Syrian Refugee Fund was formed to welcome families displaced by war. The Star revisited four sponsorship groups profiled a year ago — residents of a Toronto apartment, a group of neighbours, an interfaith group, and residents of Prince Edward County — for updates on their experiences.

Source: thestar November 28, 2016 00:59 UTC