Canada Received Only 6000 Refugees as against the target of 10000 as of Dec 31,2015

 

The Canadian Government said Thursday Dec 31,2015 it had welcomed more than 6,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2015, falling short of its pledge to take in 10,000 but vowing to meet that target next month.

New Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had initially promised to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by December 31,2015

 

But his Liberal Government then pushed the target date to end-February, following criticism it was moving too fast amid security concerns in the aftermath of deadly attacks in Paris as well as logistical issues.

The Interim Target of taking in 10,000 Syrian refugees by Dec 2015d was set in late Nov 2015.
 But as of Thursday Dec 31,2015, with the arrival of three charter planes carrying about 800 refugees, the total stood at slightly more than 6,000.

"I am confident that a full 10,000 refugees would have landed in two weeks by mid-January and also that 25,000 would have arrived in Canada by the end of February," Immigration Minister John McCallum told