Canada Will Welcome 25,000 Refugees, But No Single Straight Men

Diplo Faloyin

Updated 24 November 2015 at 5:17 pm

Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing violence from forces loyal to the Islamic State in Sinjar town, walk towards the Syrian border, near the border town of Elierbeh of Al-Hasakah Governorate, August 11, 2014. Rode Said/Reuters

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Tuesday that the country will go ahead with its plan to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees, moving the deadline from the end of the year to February 2016.

Earlier reports by plan to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees in 2016. Obama has promised to veto the bill should it ever get past the Democrat-controlled Senate.

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