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An inexcusable travesty: Canada sent a Syrian minor to solitary confinement

February 18, 2016

Globe & Mail | Feb. 17, 2016

In ear­ly Jan­u­ary, Mohamed, a 16-year-old Syr­i­an, arrived in Cana­da, alone. His par­ents had made a risky deci­sion: They sent him to Cana­da in the hope of find­ing safe­ty after learn­ing that the coun­try was accept­ing 25,000 Syr­i­an refugees. Read more…