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The third group of Haitian orphans have arrived in Canada, and passed through Canadian immigration to their waiting families.
01 February 2010
Third group of Haitian orphans pass through Canadian immigration
Canada welcomed the third group of Haitian orphans over the weekend, the children being met in Ottawa by their anxious families.
A specially chartered Air Canada Airbus carrying 35,000 kilograms of humanitarian relief supplies left for Port-Au-Prince, Haiti early Saturday, and returning to Canada with almost 60 adoptees.
Canadian immigration says 57 children, ranging in age from 3 months to 17 years, were on the the flight. Almost half of them are under the age of two.
The group were the third to arrive in Canada after the Canadian Federal government were able to fast-track adoptions already in the final stages with the Haitian government.
The first group of 24 orphans arrived in Ottawa 24 January, and the second group of 52 arrived in Ottawa on Wednesday.
The Canadian Visa Bureau is an independent consulting company specialising in helping people with their Canadian Visa applications to the Canadian High Commission.
