Canada doubles refugee target to 57,000 by the end of this year

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/08/canada-doubles-refugee-target

Minister says Canada will step up efforts take in refugees from around the world, in addition to the 26,000 from Syria it has welcomed over the past three months

Canada doubles refugee target to 57,000 by the end of this year
Staff and agencies in Ottawa
Tuesday 8 March 2016 18.30 EST

Canada aims to take in up to 57,000 refugees this year, double the number from 2015, immigration minister John McCallum said Tuesday.

“Our plan will not only support our efforts at welcoming Syrian refugees across 2016, but will also help us to ... welcome refugees from other countries of the world,” he told a news conference to unveil the government’s new immigration targets.

By the end of 2016 Canada will have welcomed between 280,000 and 305,000 new permanent residents, including the refugees, he said.

That is up 7% from last year’s plan and “the highest number of projected immigration admissions put forth by the government of Canada in modern times,” according to McCallum.