Syrian refugee family in Dartmouth struggles on $1,350 a month

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Syrian refugee family in Dartmouth struggles on $1,350 a month
Topic Started: Mar 12 2016, 05:44 AM (123 Views)
friendshipgal	Mar 12 2016, 05:44 AM Post #1
Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians Posts: 12,815 Group: Member Member #241 Joined: February 12, 2006	I suspect these people have it better than some Nova Scotians... I don't doubt it's hard to live on that but I wonder what they actually expected or where told. I also wonder why people would continue having babies in a refugee camp. I'm wondering if this has been translated correctly or it's the CBC trying to lobby for more money for them. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/syrian-refugee-family-dartmouth-government-sponsored-1.3483763 Quote: Alghdyan says his family has received support from the government, the local immigrant settlement organization and neighbours, but the reality has been harsh. "We were expecting something better than this," Alghdyan told CBC News through an interpreter. "Expectations didn't meet reality." The family was given $9,000 to buy furniture to outfit their home and provide them with the essentials needed to cook and look after basic supplies. But after spending $3,000 to make sure everyone had a bed to sleep in, the family put the brakes on further purchases. "If we were to spend all that money on furniture and supplying appliances and stuff for the house, we wouldn't have money to buy food and buy other essentials," Alghdyan said through the interpreter.



friendshipgal	Mar 12 2016, 11:32 AM Post #2
Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians Posts: 12,815 Group: Member Member #241 Joined: February 12, 2006	Now juxtaposition it with this.. then wonder how people in social housing must feel about being neglected, bet they wish they could access some of that money http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/sharad-kerur/social-housing-emergencies_b_9300542.html When vulnerable tenants can't access the support they need, serious problems can arise. Tenants may have difficulty paying their rent, maintaining their unit in a safe condition, or taking care of their mental and physical health. Many of the 75,000 seniors that live in social housing, for example, do not have access to sufficient home care services. Further research has shown that aging residents, who may be experiencing dementia or cognitive challenges, have no one to assist them with basic activities of daily living.



swing	Mar 12 2016, 12:39 PM Post #3
swing Posts: 9,979 Group: Member Member #359 Joined: August 18, 2006	My son is waiting for subsidized housing. His last call he was informed it'd be a long while with the recent influx of refugees. I have a cousin in S. Alberta who is volunteering integrating the refugees. She tells me they get two years of EI. I forgot to ask if this is both parents. All housing, medical and not sure what else is covered for the two years. She said one family has 11 kids, they don't believe in birth control. The last time I spoke with her she was becoming increasingly frustrated with the sense of entitlement!



wildie	Mar 12 2016, 01:01 PM Post #4
Veteran Member Posts: 12,173 Group: Member Member #442 Joined: October 11, 2006	No doubt those who headed out as refugee's made this decision based on rumours rather than fact and were thinking that all of lifes problems would be resolved if they could escape to the west. Its to ISILs advantage to have these people on the move and no doubt ISIL will exploit this movement by planting false stories.



goldengal	Mar 13 2016, 01:34 AM Post #5
Mistress, House of Dogs Posts: 11,674 Group: Member Member #715 Joined: March 31, 2010	swing Mar 12 2016, 12:39 PM My son is waiting for subsidized housing. His last call he was informed it'd be a long while with the recent influx of refugees. I have a cousin in S. Alberta who is volunteering integrating the refugees. She tells me they get two years of EI. I forgot to ask if this is both parents. All housing, medical and not sure what else is covered for the two years. She said one family has 11 kids, they don't believe in birth control. The last time I spoke with her she was becoming increasingly frustrated with the sense of entitlement! Swing .... Is your cousin saying refugees get two years of Employment Insurance when you say EI? How can that be when it is a program paid into by employees and employers? I do not know if this info on the refugee system in Canada has been posted before: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/refugees/canada.asp And at the top of the page you can click on what Canada is doing for Syrian refugees. Take care, Pat



heatseeker	Mar 13 2016, 02:56 AM Post #6
Veteran Member Posts: 10,320 Group: Member Member #713 Joined: March 30, 2010	I've heard that every refugee family gets a 100 inch flat screen tv, free unlimited cell phone service for life, a brand new Mercedes SUV, and they still aren't happy. Plus, they smell funny.



friendshipgal	Mar 13 2016, 03:24 AM Post #7
Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians Posts: 12,815 Group: Member Member #241 Joined: February 12, 2006	swing Mar 12 2016, 12:39 PM My son is waiting for subsidized housing. His last call he was informed it'd be a long while with the recent influx of refugees. I have a cousin in S. Alberta who is volunteering integrating the refugees. She tells me they get two years of EI. I forgot to ask if this is both parents. All housing, medical and not sure what else is covered for the two years. She said one family has 11 kids, they don't believe in birth control. The last time I spoke with her she was becoming increasingly frustrated with the sense of entitlement! I know some people who have to move as their rental home has been sold. They are running into the same problem, not just subsidized housing but any lower priced housing is harder than ever to find for the same reason, they are in a real bind right now. I think the EI information must not be right, it's a Federal program and not included in any gov't statement of benefits given out. I have to believe that the refugees have been lied to and probably did listen to rumours about what they would receive, similar to the migrants invading Europe demanding they be allowed to go on to the countries which have the best benefits. Language training seems to be slow in happening, but I also don't see that the larger families were not aniticpated. How could they not know how many people were coming in a family? http://www.cknw.com/2016/01/15/unanticipated-problems-for-syrian-refugees-in-metro-vancouver/ My thoughts about them doing better than Nova Scotians was based on the one time lump sump payment for clothing and furniture, something like that would go a long way for Nova Scotians waiting for housing etc. Edited by friendshipgal, Mar 13 2016, 03:25 AM.



Trotsky	Mar 13 2016, 03:32 AM Post #8
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Quote: The eight-member family is living in a three-bedroom house What that family needs is a few more kids. Quote: we wouldn't have money to buy food and buy other essentials Do Canadians have anything akin to our Food Stamps? Edited by Trotsky, Mar 13 2016, 03:35 AM.



friendshipgal	Mar 13 2016, 03:54 AM Post #9
Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians Posts: 12,815 Group: Member Member #241 Joined: February 12, 2006	Trotsky Mar 13 2016, 03:32 AM we wouldn't have money to buy food and buy other essentials Do Canadians have anything akin to our Food Stamps? No food stamps that I know of, people on welfare receive a monthly payment. In Ontario it just went up to $656. monthly for a single person and up to $1,391 a month for a family, depending on the number of kids. That's tax free of course. Disability payments are higher and people up north get an additional allowance. It's practically impossible to find low cost housing in Toronto or Vancouver, but it's not a whole lot better anywhere else really. Edited by friendshipgal, Mar 13 2016, 03:55 AM.



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