Canada to Accept 5,000 Iraqi and Iranian Refugees – Immigration Department

Iraqi refugees in Damascus, Syria. The Canadian government pledged to resettle 20,000 Iraqi refugees in Canada in 2009 and 2010 (James Gordon)

While visiting Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s (CIC) office in Ankara, Turkey, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced that the federal government will resettle up to 5,000 Iraqi and Iranian refugees who are currently residing in Turkey.

The move is intended to relieve pressure from Turkey, which is dealing with a massive influx of Syrian refugees.

Kenny said that the federal government would only accept “bona-fide” refugees that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) designates as refugees.

CIC says that the resettlement plan is intended to partly fulfil the commitment it made in 2009 and 2010 to resettle up to 20,000 Iraqi refugees.

The Canadian refugee program is among the most generous in the world, with only one country, Australia, accepting more per capita every year.

The government has increased the number of refugees it resettles every year for the past three years. It plans on admitting 14,500 refugees and other individuals on humanitarian and compassionate grounds this year.

4 thoughts on “Canada to Accept 5,000 Iraqi and Iranian Refugees – Immigration Department

  1. My name(ibrahim zhangar) I want to ask for political asylum in Canada because I’m a guy Iraqian I live in turky are 27 years old and I speak four (4) languages (italy, persian, arabic and kurdish) just little English I was in school 12 years and I live lauriato we were alone and I have a sister and terroresti killed my jelly after the war in 2004, and he chose to go in the military and was two years in the military and died 03/21/2006 killed in Kerkuk and my mom died 6-2010 terroresti home after they tried to steal my work with them to make bombs or uccidare military or the people Iraqian I chose to go away out of the country to seek a life and work because I had no money to live and my sister went by vivare with a guy always in iraq now I do not know where she is, and I live by a country that is war I have nothing to live we can not live forever we are afraid to go and now I’m dying to try life in turkya find something for a life without fear but in turkya tranqueli we do not work and I want the Government canda that takes me or help me to a new life that I want to work and study help canadian government forever, I worked at the mall and workers in home resturante and well operator and many other works wonder the country of Canada to confirm and bring in canada thanks for the help thanks for rispondare eg\I can give more information if you want to call me please for interviews

  2. my name’s aram idris l was born on the 7/11/1992, so l finished the high school at major subject sinece so l know the three languages in my life [kurdish,arabic,and awesome english]whatever I want to ask for claim asylum in Canada taking care of me because l live in the down of kurdistan region there is a downtown of kurdistan region its name makhmuer recently l live in the arabic village which the isis group attacked the village took over the entire area and location .
    my mom has been died for past 19 years ago therefor fighting between the peshmarga forces and the former saddam hussain regime army,also my father had been arrested for three years in the abo ghrib prison in baghdad after that the saddam regime take my father away and got free my father couldnt live with us because he cameback to the mountains for continuing of serving his kurdistan land with his brothers ,my two ankle had been killed from fighting of saddam regime .
    now my father have the military rank in the peshmarga forces he is the major general and my little brother is peshmarga both of them fighting against of isis terrorist groups in our area hence the my arabic friends and arabic villages around us threat me everyday that we will kill you soon just lf you really a brave man just appear yourself
    so please l have passport l got and issuing authority in ninawa lf you want show you l can scan it for you and my all staff l have got in the ninawa as you know isis took over the ninawa city so please help me out here .
    despite that l escape from home now l never come back to my village to live there
    I have nothing to live we can not live forever we are afraid to go and now I’m dying to try life in turkya find something for a life without fear but in turkya tranqueli we do not work and I want the Government canda that takes me or help me to a new life that I want to work and study help canadian government forever, I worked at the mall and workers in home resturante and well operator and many other works wonder the country of Canada to confirm and bring in canada thanks for the help thanks for rispondare eg\I can give more information if you want to call me please for interviews
    Reply thank you too much l really appreciate your humantarian
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  3. Hi I am dentist,I am studying master in dental radiology, married, and I have 3 children,living in Kirkuk, my life is difficult because of terror threats, How can you help me to migrate to Canada and live there?

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