(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) The government of the Quebec province in Canada announced that it will receive around 2,450 before the end of 2015, Minister of Immigration Kathleen Weil said.
During a press conference on Tuesday, the minister said that Quebec would consider sending its own representatives to Beirut to help speed up the process, or sending a plane to pick up refugees who would be granted a certificate of selection.
She also announced that a crisis team made up of members of a number of government departments is being set up so Quebec can stay on top of the crisis as it evolves.
Weil noted that around 651 Syrians have come to Quebec in the first eight months of the year, stressing "We want to accelerate the admissions in 2015." Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie, Christine St-Pierre, during the same conference, announced that the government is allocating $29 million to finance services for the newcomers, such as education, health, employment, French lessons and housing. Some of that money will also be used to help the groups that are trying to sponsor Syrians to come to Quebec.
St-Pierre also said that the Quebec government is making $100,000 available for groups who are working to help Syrian refugees on the ground overseas and she urged Quebecers to give generously to charity organizations.
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