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May 4, 2017

Refugee sponsors put on hold by quota

Syrian refugees arrive from Beirut at a hotel in Mississauga, Ontario, Dec. 10, 2015. The Archdiocese of Toronto and many other organizations across the country have been forced to suspend new applications for sponsor refugees for the rest of 2017 due to persistent backlogs in government processing.

The Office for Refugees, Archdiocese of Toronto has been forced to suspend all new applications to sponsor refugees for the rest of this year due to persistent backlogs in government processing.

Published in Canada
April 27, 2017

Immigration minister vows faster processing times for refugees

Canada's immigration minister Ahmed Hussen says his department is working closely with Canadian Sonsorship Agreement Holders to speed up the bureaucratic application process for refugee sponsors.

The problem of long processing times for refugees to Canada will be fixed by 2019, promises Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen.

Published in Canada
September 17, 2016

Sponsors frustrated by delays keeping Mideast refugees out of Canada’s reach

Syrian refugees cross into Turkey to escape the fighting in their homeland. Sponsor groups trying to get such refugees into Canada are becoming increasingly frustrated by bureaucratic red tape.

TORONTO – In just 100 days beginning last Sept. 8, the Archdiocese of Toronto raised $3.7 million and formed 105 volunteer groups in the hope of sponsoring at least 100 refugee families from the Middle East. Those sponsorship committees actually launched 154 applications to bring refugee families to Canada. A year later most of those refugee families are still living in limbo in Lebanon and Jordan while their paperwork piles up in Winnipeg.

Published in Canada
May 20, 2016

Ajax parish taking action on refugee sponsorship delay

St. Bernadette’s parish in Ajax, Ont., is still awaiting approval to bring the Hano family it is sponsoring to Canada.

AJAX, ONT. – Members of an Ajax parish are growing frustrated as the wait grows longer for the Iraqi refugee family they have sponsored to be approved for resettlement in Canada.

Published in Canada