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A family of Syrian refugees being interviewed by authorities in hope of being approved for passage to Canada at a refugee processing centre in Amman, Jordan.

Syrian refugees check their baggage at the beginning of an airlift to Canada, at the Beirut International airport.

A Canadian army officer poses next to drawings by Syrian refugee children at the Canadian processing center for Syrian refugees, during a media tour held by the Canadian Embassy in Jordan, at Marka airport, Amman, Jordan.

Canadian Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan (C) chats with members of a Syrian refugee family being interviewed by authorities in hope of being approved for passage to Canada at a refugee processing center in Amman, Jordan.

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Greater Toronto Airports Authority employees hang signage with English and Arabic translations during a tour of the Infield Terminal at Toronto Pearson International Airport, that is set up as a temporary port-of-entry for Syrian refugees entering Canada in Mississauga

Housing facilities are pictured during a media visit in the cadet camp at the Valcartier garrison in Valcartier, Canada.

Bunk beds are pictured inside a housing facility during a media visit in the cadet camp at the Valcartier garrison in Valcartier, Canada.

Volunteer Waleed Yousuf sorts through a pile of donations for Syrian refugees who are expected to arrive in Canada, at the Middle Eastern Friendship Centre in Surrey, British Columbia.

Clothing donated for an expected influx of Syrian refugees is sorted by volunteers for size and gender at a theater rehearsal space in Toronto.

Published: Fri 11 Dec 2015, 12:48 PM

Last updated: Fri 11 Dec 2015, 2:55 PM