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McCallum spoke to media this week from Toronto Pearson International Airport, where almost half of all Syrian refugees have landed on their way to their new homes in cities and towns across the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a terrific day for us. But that does not mean the job is complete,” said McCallum, who added that\u00a0\u201cMany countries \u2026 are making it more difficult for refugees to come in. We\u2019re among the few countries saying, \u2018No, come on in.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
McCallum urged Canadians to welcome the new refugees with \u201copen arms\u201d and help them find homes, jobs and adjust to their new lives in Canada. By and large, the Canadian public has received the refugees positively.<\/p>\n
More than half of the 25,000 who have already arrived are government sponsored, while the rest are supported by private sponsorship groups or a mix of the two programs.<\/p>\n
Over the course of last year’s general election campaign and in the early days of its term in office, the now-governing Liberal party said that Canada would welcome\u00a025,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2015 under the government-assisted refugee program, which sees the government take on the full cost of a person’s resettlement for a full year. In addition, the Liberal campaign platform said they would work with private sponsors to do even more.<\/p>\n
But soon after taking office and noting the logistics of health and security screening, among other factors, a new target was set to resettle 25,000 people in total by the end of February, 2016.<\/p>\n
All figures are as of February 27, 2016.<\/p>\n
25,000 \u2014\u00a0Number of government-assisted Syrian refugees the\u00a0Liberals originally promised during the federal election campaign to\u00a0resettle themselves by the end of 2015, if elected; private sponsors\u00a0would be expected to do more.<\/p>\n
25,000 \u2014\u00a0Total number of Syrian refugees, both\u00a0government-assisted and privately sponsored, the government\u00a0set out to resettle before the end of February, 2016, under\u00a0the plan that was rolled out soon after they\u00a0took office.<\/p>\n
25,080\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Total number of Syrian refugees who have arrived in\u00a0Canada as of February 27.<\/p>\n
10,000 \u2014\u00a0Number of refugees\u00a0initially expected to be privately\u00a0sponsored.<\/p>\n
8,527\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Privately sponsored refugees who have arrived in Canada\u00a0as of February 27.<\/p>\n
15,000 \u2014\u00a0Number of refugees\u00a0initially expected to be government\u00a0assisted.<\/p>\n
14,383 \u2014 Government assisted refugees who have arrived in Canada\u00a0as of February 27.<\/p>\n
2,170 \u2014\u00a0Number of refugees from a program that blends the two\u00a0streams who have arrived in Canada as of February 27.<\/p>\n
25,000 \u2014\u00a0Total number of government-assisted Syrian refugees the government says it will bring to Canada by the end of 2016.<\/p>\n