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MOSAIC is Ready to Help 1,000 Refugees Immediately
9-09-2015
Vancouver BC – In response to the calls for action resulting from the story of the Syrian family who lost three members at sea as they fled to Greece, Eyob Naizghi, Executive Director of MOSAIC, stated that “Canada and Canadians must act now, and should not stay silent on the issue of refugees. Historically, we have shown our compassion with the Vietnamese Boat People in the late 70’s, and more recently with the Kosovar refugees.”
“We need to act immediately, once again, to exemplify the compassion of Canadians on the world stage. We at MOSAIC are ready and prepared to provide settlement support for up to 1,000 refugees in Metro Vancouver.”
The tragedy of the European refugee crisis came to a collective head earlier this week when the world saw the image of the 3-year old boy who drowned and was washed ashore a Turkish beach. Locally, the story has even greater poignancy as it was revealed that grieving relatives of Alan Kurdi had hoped to sponsor the family to come and live in Canada.
The mass exodus of Syrians from their homeland is just one of the crises in an unprecedented global humanitarian catastrophe. According to the UNHCR, there is currently close to 60 million documented cases of displaced individuals who need safe refuge.
MOSAIC offers diverse settlement support to newcomers with multiple barriers. The immediate assistance the organization can provide to 1000 refugees includes: one-on-one settlement support; interpretation and translation services; initial housing arrangements; and connections to public and community resources.
MOSAIC is a non-profit organization and one of the largest settlement and employment service agencies in British Columbia assisting newcomers to fully participate in Canadian society. MOSAIC has over 40 programs and 30 client sites across Metro Vancouver, and also operates the WorkBC Centre for Vancouver Northeast, as well as MOSAIC Translations and Interpretations Services.
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