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OTTAWA – The president of Canada's bishop conference has written a to the federal Immigration Minister urging immediate government action to unclog delays in processing refugee applicants in order to preserve "confidence" in the refugee sponsorship program.

]]> ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:00:00 -0400 Churches ahead of government in resettling Syrian refugees /item/21392-churches-ahead-of-government-in-resettling-syrian-refugees /item/21392-churches-ahead-of-government-in-resettling-syrian-refugees

The federal government has rewritten its timeline to bring 25,000 refugees to Canada this year and acknowledges that to resettle them here by the end of February is an enormous challenge.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 04 Dec 2015 07:30:23 -0500