{"id":3472,"date":"2024-10-15T22:00:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T22:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration-services.org\/?p=3472"},"modified":"2024-10-15T22:00:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T22:00:59","slug":"canada-to-resettle-up-to-5000-iranian-and-iraqi-refugees-by-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration-services.org\/?p=3472","title":{"rendered":"Canada to resettle up to 5,000 Iranian and Iraqi refugees by 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/images\/_1200x630_crop_center-center_82_none\/canadahausen.jpg?mtime=1656366745\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">  <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Canadahausen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/images\/_newsThumbnail\/canadahausen.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Canadahausen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/images\/_newsThumbnail\/canadahausen.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has announced plans to resettle up to 5,000 Iranian and Iraqi refugees, presently in Turkey, by 2018. Citing &#8220;escalating violence in the region,&#8221; Immigration Minister Jason Kenney outlined his government&#8217;s intention to &#8220;help Turkey deal with this growing pressure.&#8221; He also commended the government of Turkey &#8220;for keeping her borders open to those fleeing the ongoing conflict in the region.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is expected that this undertaking will help ease the existing burden on Turkey, freeing up the Turkish government&#8217;s resources to deal with the current influx of Syrians seeking protection in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Kenney reaffirmed Canada&#8217;s commitment to its 2009 and 2010 pledges of resettling 20,000 Iraqi refugees. To date, it has resettled 12,000, most of them from Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the refugees will be referred by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for resettlement.<\/p>\n<p>Canada is one of a few countries operating a resettlement program out of Turkey, and is second only to the United States as a destination for refugees from the region.<\/p>\n<p> Please visit:  <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/teo-bg.com\/en\/tractors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Our Sponsor<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has announced plans to resettle up to 5,000 Iranian and Iraqi refugees, presently in Turkey, by 2018. 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