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Information
- Our program began in 1979 and has been ongoing since 1985, assisting refugees from 27 countries to date.
- The program coordinator will speak with any potential sponsor group located in Southern Ontario
- After an agreement is signed at Citizenship and Immigration Canada office in your area, the lengthy process that includes interview, security check and medical exam is conducted by a Canadian High Commission embassy. The process for successsful refugees to advance through all Stages is 18 months but is subject to varriation.
- Additional information is obtainable from web-page of Citizenships and Immigration Canada at: http://cicnet.ci.gc.ca
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Recent Events
Previous to creating this web site in November of 2002, the three most recent/regular events pertaining to our program are:
- An Afghanistan refugee family arrived after the normal processing time. After their arrival we obtained furniture and other essential goods to furnish their apartement (sponsored).
- A young Somali woman that suffered terrible wounds in 1991 during the civil war / anarchy in her homeland that still gives her ongoing pain, is waiting to be interviewed by our embassy (sponsored).
- Help is constantly provided to assist refugees in asylum obtain resettlement consideration interviews.
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