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OTTAWA – Here is a look at the latest numbers on the Liberals’ Syrian refugee resettlement program.
10,000: Number of privately-sponsored Syrian refugees the government had said it was aiming to bring to Canada by the of the year.
7,218: number of Syrians who have arrived in Canada plus those who have had their applications approved but have not travelled.
2,413: As of Dec. 26, total number of Syrians who have arrived in Canada since Nov. 4.
1,452: number of Syrians listed as arriving on flights scheduled on Dec. 27 and 28.
6,135: Number of Syrians that would be required to arrive after that to meet the Dec. 31 goal.
1,500: maximum number of Syrian refugees that Immigration Minister John McCallum has said can arrive via government flights, per day, at the Toronto and Montreal airports combined.
9: government flights of Syrian refugees currently scheduled to arrive between Dec. 29 and Dec. 31.
5: maximum number of flights per day those two airports can accommodate.
SOURCE: Immigration department.
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