加拿大歡迎敘利亞難民
Canada has welcomed its first planeload of Syrian refugees.
The Canadian military plane carrying 163 Syrians arrived late Thursday in Toronto.
The refugees were greeted upon their arrival by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the ministers of immigration, health and defense, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Toronto Mayor John Tory.
Trudeau said "This is a wonderful night . . . we get to show the world how to open our hearts and welcome in people who are fleeing extraordinarily difficult situations."
Canada is set to welcome 25,000 refugees by the end of February.
Canada's embrace of the refugees is in contrast to the United States where a presidential candidate, several governors and ordinary citizens have been very vocal in their stance that the refugees should not be allowed into the country.加拿大歡迎第一批乘飛機抵達的敘利亞難民。
星期四晚間，加拿大軍用飛機運載163名敘利亞人抵達多倫多。
這些難民抵達加拿大時，加拿大總理特魯多、移民部長、衛生部長、國防部長、安大略省省長韋恩以及多倫多市長託利都到機場迎接。
特魯多說，“今天晚上太好了，加拿大向世界展示了怎樣誠心接納那些逃離極端艱難處境的人們。”
加拿大計劃在明年2月底之前接納2萬5千名難民。
加拿大接納敘利亞難民的態度與美國形成對照，在美國，一名總統參選人、幾名州長以及很多普通民衆都直言不諱地表明立場，認爲不應該允許難民進入美國。
