Petition:
Welcoming and sponsoring of refugees
Petition text
CONSIDERING the urgent need of refugees for international protection which requires an immediate response by the Government of Québec;
CONSIDERING the continuing degradation of the political and humanitarian situation in many areas of the world, in particular in the Middle East;
CONSIDERING the capability of the Government of Québec to promptly mobilize the resources required to welcome new refugees;
CONSIDERING the deterioration of the refugees' situation during the long processing delays;
CONSIDERING the extraordinary sponsoring capability demonstrated by the population of Québec;
CONSIDERING the important contribution of the collective sponsorship program in welcoming and supporting refugees;
We, the undersigned, call upon the Government of Québec to:
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increase substantially and as quickly as possible the annual target of refugees in response to the high level of sponsorship applications and in accordance with the generosity demonstrated by a large percentage of the population;
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cancel immediately the suspension of the acceptance of new applications to the collective sponsorship program;
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work jointly with the Government of Canada toward better allocation of the human and financial resources required to process the sponsorship applications in a reasonable delay.
The signing period for this petition is over.
Signing deadline : June 2, 2017
Number of signatures : 188
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