Canadians Adopted Refugee Families for a Year. Then Came ‘Month 13.’

Canadians Adopted Refugee Families for a Year. Then Came ‘Month 13.’

Catrin Einhorn and Jodi Kantor | The New York Times | March 25, 2017 | 17 minutes (4,443 words)

It’s a year-long commitment to privately sponsor a Syrian refugee family in Canada, where sponsorship includes funding and helping the family navigate Canadian culture and society. Sponsors assist newcomers with daily tasks of living, including grocery shopping, banking, getting jobs, learning English, and ferrying families to appointments and activities. In the fourth and final installment of Refugees Welcome— The New York Times’ year-long series on Syrian refugees in Canada — Jodi Kantor and Catrin Einhorn profile the Hajj family and members of their sponsorship group, reporting on what happens at month 13 — the point at which the sponsorship agreement officially ends. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/world/americas/canada-syrian-refugees.html?mc_cid=496472ef0b&mc_eid=9528811089