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This Season, Refugees Offer Unexpected Gifts

This Season, Refugees Offer Unexpected Gifts
Photo by David P. Ball.

Canadians have been gripped by the world's refugee crisis as millions of Syrians fleeing civil war have filled our daily news headlines in 2015. It's no surprise, then, that news editors across the country chose the greatest mass exodus in decades as their Canadian Press news story of the year.

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In This Series

From Biafra to BC, a Home for the Holidays

From Biafra to BC, a Home for the Holidays

A New West family of five takes in a refugee family of six. First in a series.

David P Ball / 22 Dec 2015


Christmas with My Newest Friend, a Refugee

Christmas with My Newest Friend, a Refugee

This Tyee reporter didn't expect hosting an asylum-seeker to turn out the way it did. Second in a series.

David P Ball / 24 Dec 2015


Former Refugees 'Pay It Forward' to Welcome Syrians

Former Refugees 'Pay It Forward' to Welcome Syrians

Five one-time asylum-seekers sponsor a family. Many more open their arms. Last in a series.

David P Ball / 28 Dec 2015