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Ottawa expands program to support privately sponsored LGBTQ refugees
TORONTO — The federal government is expanding a program offering support to privately sponsored refugees in the LGBTQ community.
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says the Rainbow Refugee Assistance Partnership will build on a pilot project launched in 2011.
The program provides start-up costs and three months of support to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning and two-spirited refugees who are privately sponsored by Canadians.