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A look at Canada’s Syrian refugee resettlement program, by the numbers
OTTAWA – A by-the-numbers look at the ongoing efforts to resettle Syrian refugees in Canada:
25,000: Number of government-assisted Syrian refugees the Liberals are currently aiming to resettle by the end of next month.
10,000: Number of those who were initially expected to be privately sponsored.
8,214: Number of Syrians private groups had applied to sponsor, as of Dec. 15, 2015.
551: Number of applications for private sponsorship received by the government in Oct. 2015, the highest number that year.
10: Average processing time, in months, for private sponsorship applications for Syrians in 2015.
1,634: Number of privately sponsored Syrians who arrived in Canada between January and October of 2015.
5,112: Number of privately sponsored refugees who arrived in Canada between Nov. 4, 2015, and Jan. 26, 2016.
SOURCE: Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.
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