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March 6, 2016

Refugee office growth meets demand

The joy is quite widely evident on the face of Tehetche Herve Mility as he greets members of his family among 50 refugees who arrived in Toronto with the aid of the Archdiocese of Toronto’s Office for Refugees. Martin Mark, right, the executive director, says it is moments like these that make the countless hours devoted to securing a place in Canada for people fleeing oppression in their homelands all worthwhile

TORONTO - As refugees come streaming down the ramp at Pearson International Airport, there are screams, sighs, tears and laughter. Mothers, aunts, fathers, brothers extend their arms to touch, to encircle their daughters, nieces, sons and friends. It’s a mad, mysterious, inspiring breakdown of order and decorum.

Published in Features
December 10, 2015

First wave of Syrian refugees will land in Canada with Church support

The Odesho’s Syrian relatives have been living, along with hundreds of thousands of refugees, in Beirut. The Christian refugees are crowded into the poor Aytiryya neighbourhood of the city (above). Lebanon, a country of just 4.5 million is host to 1.2 million refugees.

Among the first planeload of Syrian refugees to land at Toronto Pearson International Airport around 9 p.m. Dec. 10, at least one family has made it to Canada thanks to Catholic refugee sponsorship.

Published in Canada