Refugees Encounter a Foreign Word — Welcome
Thursday, June 30, 2016 12:42 PM EDT
Across Canada, ordinary citizens, distressed by news reports of drowning children and the shunning of desperate migrants, are intervening in one of the world’s most pressing problems.
Their country allows them a rare power and responsibility: They can band together in small groups and personally resettle — essentially adopt — a refugee family. In Toronto alone, hockey moms, dog-walking friends, book club members, poker buddies and lawyers have formed circles to take in Syrian families.
We reported this article over five months, interviewing over 100 people, including dozens of sponsors and refugees. Here’s what one refugee said about the experience: “It’s like I’ve been on fire, and now I’m safe in the water.”
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