“Bringing 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada is the right thing to do for that part of the world in terms of helping to contribute to more stability,” said Scott Brison, President of the Treasury Board and a member of a newly established federal cabinet committee to bring Syrian refugees to the country.

Provincial officials say they are working closely with Canada’s new Immigration Minister to help bring additional refugees to Nova Scotia. The province doesn’t know how many refugees will be coming, but they are working with the federal government, which is exploring the possibility of using military bases to house them.

“Settlement, housing, accommodation, language, people will need interpretation, we will need to assess what work people, what credentials and education they have, there’s lots of work to do,” said Lena Diab, Nova Scotia Immigration Minister.

Non-profit groups estimate between 5-700 Syrian refugees could soon be calling our province home. Nawris is hoping his family, who is now living in three separate countries, will soon be reunited.