Canada's Syrian refugee plan limited to women, children and families Unaccompanied men not included because of ongoing security concerns By Rosemary Barton, CBC News Posted: Nov 22, 2015 9:00 PM ET Last Updated: Nov 22, 2015 9:47 PM ET
Syrian refugee Khitam, 21, holds her 18-month-old daughter, Reeham, inside her tent at a refugee camp in the town of Deir Zanoun, Lebanon. Canadian authorities have been screening about 100 people a day in Lebanon to help get 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of the year. (Bilal Hussein/Associated Press)
The federal government's much-anticipated Syrian refugee plan will limit those accepted into Canada to women, children and families only, CBC News has learned.
Sources tell CBC News that to deal with some ongoing concerns around security, unaccompanied men seeking asylum will not be part of the program.
The details of the plan will be announced Tuesday, but already Canadian officials have been working on the ground to process people.
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