Montreal prepares to welcome Ukrainian refugees Sunday
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There have been tears and smiles as 305 Ukrainian refugees, largely girls and youngsters, arrived at Trudeau airport on Sunday.
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The chartered flight from Warsaw landed at 10:50 a.m.
Volunteers from the Ukrainian Canadian Congress handed out teddy bears, sweet and flowers to the newcomers, displayed a welcome banner and sang the Ukrainian anthem.
Federal Overseas Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly was available to greet the refugees. She expressed help for the Ukrainian individuals’s defence of their nation and empathy for these pressured to go away every little thing behind and search refuge in Canada.
It was the second of three constitution flights bringing a complete of 900 Ukrainian refugees to Canada is scheduled land in Montreal on Sunday.
The primary flight touched down in Winnipeg last Monday and the third one will land in Halifax on Thursday.
The federal authorities has already welcomed 1000’s of Ukrainians since Russian forces first attacked on Feb. 24.
