Group continues their work to bring Syrian family to N.B.
As today marks World Refugee Day, a Battlefords group continues their mission to bring a deserving Syrian family to the city.
Nicole Leinenweber, president of Living Skies Refuge, said today, June 20, is an important day to think about the 60 million people displaced around the world. The Syrian family of four in the process of being sponsored by Living Skies is currently sharing an apartment in Iraq with as many as two other families. While their situation is not ideal, Leinenweber said it’s a far cry from where they came from.
“It’s been a real hotspot for ISIS,” she said. “The Allies have bombed in there; Kurdish people have tried to get that spot away from ISIS. So they left a really, really difficult situation to say the least.”
It’s expected the family will arrive in the Battlefords in early 2017, but Leinenweber said it could happen sooner, and possibly without warning. The Canadian Immigration Centre is processing the paperwork and doing security, safety, and health checks.