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Canada Welcomes First Plane of Syrian Refugees
The first plane carrying Syrian refugees arrived in Toronto late Thursday where they were greeted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

A Syrian refugee child flashes a "thumbs-up" as he waits with his family during a medical screening in Beirut before an airlift to Canada on Dec. 9, 2015.
After months of promises and weeks of preparation, the first planeload of Syrian refugees headed to Canada on Thursday, aboard a military plane to be met by Canada's prime minister at Toronto's airport.

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau poses with airport staff as they await the arrival of Syrian refugees on Dec. 11.
Canada's Liberal government plans to resettle 10,000 refugees from Syria's four-year-old civil war by the end of the year and a further 15,000 by the end of February.

Trudeau greets Syrian refugees 16-month-old Madeleine Jamkossian and her father Kevork Jamkossian, a gynecologist from Aleppo,as they arrive.
"This is a wonderful night, where we get to show not just a planeload of new Canadians what Canada is all about, we get to show the world how to open our hearts and welcome in people who are fleeing extraordinarily difficult situations," Trudeau said.



