{"id":857,"date":"2013-07-05T14:06:47","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T14:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeresearch.net\/ms\/km\/?p=857"},"modified":"2013-07-05T14:06:47","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T14:06:47","slug":"canada-to-accept-up-to-1300-syrian-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeresearch.net\/ms\/km\/2013\/07\/05\/canada-to-accept-up-to-1300-syrian-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada to accept up to 1,300 Syrian refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/strong>Kenney opens door to 200 ‘extremely vulnerable’ people, 1,100 more via private sponsorship<\/h3>\n

By Laura Payton,\u00a0CBC News<\/a><\/p>\n

Canada will accept as many as 1,300 Syrian refugees by the end of 2014, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Wednesday in Edmonton.<\/p>\n

But the government is relying on private sponsors for the vast majority of those cases.<\/p>\n

The federal government will resettle 200 “extremely vulnerable, urgent cases,” a news release from Kenney’s department said Wednesday. But it will be up to private sponsors to take the remaining 1,100.<\/p>\n

\"ImmigrationImmigration Minister Jason Kenney says Canada will accept 200 ‘extremely vulnerable’ Syrian refugees and is working with private sponsors to welcome another 1,100 by the end of 2014.\u00a0(Adrian Wyld\/Canadian Press)<\/p>\n

The 1,100 spots for privately sponsored refugees will be above and beyond the current annual limit set for that program, the department said.<\/p>\n

Kenney also announced Canada will provide nearly $1 million to send up to five staff members to help resettle displaced Syrians in Turkey, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon, and is speeding up processing for family-class applications from the war-torn country.<\/p>\n

Aid organizations estimate the number of Syrians forced by violence to flee their homes will hit two million this summer. Most have gone to Lebanon and Jordan, with the majority settling in urban areas rather than in refugee camps.<\/p>\n