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Canadian refugee resettlement operations launched in Lebanon: IOM

Xinhua, December 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

The refugee resettlement operations in Lebanon as part of Canada's efforts to offer new homes to 25,000 Syrian refugees from Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey started Friday.

A spokesperson from the International Organization of Migrants (IOM) told a press briefing here Friday that the action was conducted jointly by IOM, the Canadian government, the United Nations' refugee agency UNHCR and other partners.

According to the spokesperson, registration began this week at a newly established Operations Center in Beirut, where refugees are processed as the first step towards their eventual resettlement in Canada.

The spokesperson said that the operation is scheduled to run over the next three months.

"Over 50 IOM staff members are currently engaged in the Canadian resettlement process in Beirut," said Fawzi Al Zioud, IOM Chief of Mission in Lebanon, adding that they planned to further expand the capacity once the first refugees have been cleared for departure and travel arrangements need to be made. Enditem