AngryWhiteGuy
February 11th, 2007, 07:45 PM
Stevie Harperstein and his jew masters are set to bring in 2,000 more gooks from third world country, Burma. This is absolutley disgusting! :mad: They're here to leech off of us. :mad:
More Karen refugees expected in London
Sat, February 10, 2007
By JENNIFER O'BRIEN, SUN MEDIA
Canada will open its arms to another 2,000 Burmese refugees as a previous wave of emigres works to establish a London foothold.
Immigration Minister Diane Finley delivered the news yesterday at London's Cross Cultural Learner Centre in a room packed with many of the city's recent arrivals from the Karen state in Burma.
No new money will be directed toward settlement, Finley said. Instead, she called on "ordinary Canadians" to help settle the refugees through host sponsorship programs, as many have done in the case of the recent arrivals.
"I invite private sponsors across Canada to mobilize community groups and congregations, to step up to the plate again as you have so many times in the past," she said.
Last year, London welcomed 90 so-called Karen refugees -- more than a tenth of the 810 who came to Canada. The local refugees are now getting settled in schools and learning to speak English.
While audience members applauded the chance to help more refugees like the 17-family Karen community already here, many questioned how cities can cope with the influx without more money.
"This is a good thing and I'm not knocking the gesture, but the government needs to give us more money as a municipality," said London Coun. Harold Usher.
"Obviously we as a society are going to benefit from the newcomers, but at the same time, the added costs are going to be left to the municipality."
Federal visa officers left for Thailand yesterday with plans to sort things out and arrange for the 2,000 new refugees, said Finley.
She said it's still unclear where in Canada the newcomers will settle but hinted a fair amount may come to London.
Mary Williamson of the Cross Cultural Learner Centre said she hopes London will receive an even larger percentage of the newcomers next time. Williamson and the centre took care of the primary needs of the most recent Karen families.
With little English or knowledge of Western society, the newcomers struggled to adapt as kids start school and adults learn bus systems to get to English language classes.
Their optimism has charmed those who've come to know them.
The refugees are from the minority ethnic Karen group, who fled after a major offensive by the Burmese army against the Karen National Union.
Though originally from Burma, Karen people speak Karen, or S'Gaw, a language few people in London speak. That's made integration more difficult than for arrivals who come to an established community of ex-patriates.
Before the newest arrivals, there were only six Karen families in London. Of those, about five adults have been scrambling to help the newcomers adapt -- from translation and transportation to helping them learn to use technology such as phones and bank machines.
One such helper, Joe Hantha, said he's concerned London won't be able to handle large groups of newcomers without extra funding.
"Already, not all the adults have been able to get to ESL classes," he said. "There is not enough space. They need more funding to create more space."
Williamson said there will be enough settlement money. One reason for the wait is that recent newcomers came earlier than expected, she said.
"All our contracts have been amended to accommodate for the newcomers," she said. "(Ottawa) will make sure we have enough to help them."
More Karen refugees expected in London
Sat, February 10, 2007
By JENNIFER O'BRIEN, SUN MEDIA
Canada will open its arms to another 2,000 Burmese refugees as a previous wave of emigres works to establish a London foothold.
Immigration Minister Diane Finley delivered the news yesterday at London's Cross Cultural Learner Centre in a room packed with many of the city's recent arrivals from the Karen state in Burma.
No new money will be directed toward settlement, Finley said. Instead, she called on "ordinary Canadians" to help settle the refugees through host sponsorship programs, as many have done in the case of the recent arrivals.
"I invite private sponsors across Canada to mobilize community groups and congregations, to step up to the plate again as you have so many times in the past," she said.
Last year, London welcomed 90 so-called Karen refugees -- more than a tenth of the 810 who came to Canada. The local refugees are now getting settled in schools and learning to speak English.
While audience members applauded the chance to help more refugees like the 17-family Karen community already here, many questioned how cities can cope with the influx without more money.
"This is a good thing and I'm not knocking the gesture, but the government needs to give us more money as a municipality," said London Coun. Harold Usher.
"Obviously we as a society are going to benefit from the newcomers, but at the same time, the added costs are going to be left to the municipality."
Federal visa officers left for Thailand yesterday with plans to sort things out and arrange for the 2,000 new refugees, said Finley.
She said it's still unclear where in Canada the newcomers will settle but hinted a fair amount may come to London.
Mary Williamson of the Cross Cultural Learner Centre said she hopes London will receive an even larger percentage of the newcomers next time. Williamson and the centre took care of the primary needs of the most recent Karen families.
With little English or knowledge of Western society, the newcomers struggled to adapt as kids start school and adults learn bus systems to get to English language classes.
Their optimism has charmed those who've come to know them.
The refugees are from the minority ethnic Karen group, who fled after a major offensive by the Burmese army against the Karen National Union.
Though originally from Burma, Karen people speak Karen, or S'Gaw, a language few people in London speak. That's made integration more difficult than for arrivals who come to an established community of ex-patriates.
Before the newest arrivals, there were only six Karen families in London. Of those, about five adults have been scrambling to help the newcomers adapt -- from translation and transportation to helping them learn to use technology such as phones and bank machines.
One such helper, Joe Hantha, said he's concerned London won't be able to handle large groups of newcomers without extra funding.
"Already, not all the adults have been able to get to ESL classes," he said. "There is not enough space. They need more funding to create more space."
Williamson said there will be enough settlement money. One reason for the wait is that recent newcomers came earlier than expected, she said.
"All our contracts have been amended to accommodate for the newcomers," she said. "(Ottawa) will make sure we have enough to help them."