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Nova Scotia to welcome up to 30 Syrian families in December
Published: Nov 25, 2015
CBC News
Excerpt
Nova Scotia will be welcoming 20 to 30 Syrian families as part of the first wave of privately sponsored refugees expected to land in Canada in December.
The sponsoring groups are mostly churches as well as the Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia, said Immigration Minister Lena Diab at a news conference Wednesday.
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