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A Look At The Cost Of Syrian Refugee Resettlement, By The Numbers

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 09 Jun, 2016 12:25 PM
    OTTAWA — In November, the Liberal government unveiled a program to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February. The budget for the program was set at $678 million over six years, broken down into five phases. 
     
    On Thursday, the government said preliminary estimates put the cost of the first year of the program at $319 million, about $136 million less than expected. Here's a look at the original budget for the program, and what was spent in 2015-2016, by the numbers:
     
    Identification
     
    Budgeted: $17 to $21 million
     
    Spent: $10.1 million
     
    Processing
     
    Budgeted: $36 to $46 million
     
    Spent: $39.7 million
     
    Transportation
     
    Budgeted: $94 to $121 million
     
    Spent: $58.7 million
     
    Welcoming Refugees
     
    Budgeted: $61 to $77 million
     
    Spent: $74.2 million 
     
    Settlement and Integration
     
    Budgeted: $325 to $377 million
     
    Spent: $32.6 million
     
    Corporate support:
     
    Budgeted: $31 to $36 million
     
    Spent: $9.1 million 
     
    The department also includes $90 million for humanitarian activities in their bottom line for 2015-2016, as well as $4.7 million in costs associated with sending over staff.

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