One of the cases I will be writing about in this post is the case in London Ontario when 20 just-arrived Syrians filed complaints against the city's main settlement. The complaints I will be talking about are four examples from a group of refugees. They claimed that many of the hotels they were placed in were understaffed and inadequate, medical services were not provided in a timely manner, the food was borderline unsuitable for human consumption and that big families of for example 6 were laced into an apartment of home suitable for only 2.
I think that these are big issues and the refugees were right to have launched complaints. The whole point of bringing in the refugees was to give them a better safer life. They come from having lived in the middle of the desert with no food and then we bring them to Canada and stuff them in a tiny spot with terrible conditions... How is that better? Now dont get me wrong, its better then living in fear of war but they should be treated more properly then we have been treating them.
Peter Fragiskatos, a liberal MP for London North Center has agreed that these are serious concerns. "Is there validity there or not? I dont take these concerns lightly.... I've forwarded it to the department of immigration, and they are looking into it". These concerns need to be brought more to the attention of people like Justin Trudeau who is the one that had the idea of bringing them in. Maybe for his next group of refugees he should pay more attention to them after bringing them in. A church group has started a petition to remove the refugees from the harsh circumstances and giving them better life conditions like a regular citizen would have. I think this is a great idea because it exposes the harsh truths and makes the people realize that not everything is good.
Londoner Mariam Hamou, who has been involved with volunteer efforts to welcome the refugees has said that they are not filing the complaint because they are upset at the Canadian government. "They are very grateful but they are upset with how the CCLC has dealt with them". As a Canadian citizen I am too truly upset at how they were treated. Canada was supposed to be their safe landing and not another nightmare. Hopefully this is brought to the attention of the people with power and things change for the refugees. Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed. Make sure to tune in for my next post!
Source:
http://www.lfpress.com/2016/06/14/londons-cross-cultural-learner-centre-mistreated-refugees-20-just-arrived-syrians-say
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