Canada caught off guard by number of Syrian refugee children, says federal minister

Canada's federal immigration minister says the government was surprised by the number of Syrian refugee children it admitted last year. "Many of the refugees had large numbers of children and that was not completely anticipated in the beginning," said Citizenship and Immigration Minister John McCallum after a meeting with provincial counterparts in Winnipeg on Wednesday. -- More...

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