A new fund has been established to help Syrian refugees settle in Canada. Canada’s largest federation of labour unions and councils, the Canadian Labour Congress, initiated the Syrian Refugee Support Fund and has asked the Canadian Council for Refugees to manage it. The council represents refugee advocacy groups across the country.
The fund will supplement money raised by private sponsorship groups to let them take on more Syrian refugees. It will also facilitate family reunification through legal channels and provide income support to recently-arrived Syrians who are impoverished.
Donations to the fund are tax deductible. Some of the money will also be used to promote the resettlement of Syrian refugees through information-sharing, networking and advocacy.
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