Canada's prime minister to welcome Syrian refugees at airport
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived Thursday night at Toronto's Pearson International airport where he will greet the first large group of Syrian refugees arriving by government aircraft.
Trudeau thanked the staff and volunteers helping to process and welcome the 163 refugees ahead of the arrival of the military aircraft late Thursday.
The newly elected Liberal government is pushing forward with its pledge to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February amid an intense debate in the West over what to do with people fleeing violence in the Middle East.
