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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...haos-1.3314646

At least vacancy rates are higher today than in the recent past, although it still might be hard to find affordable housing.

Housing a big influx of Syrian families in a short amount of time could result in "chaos," the head of an immigrant services society says.

The Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS) is preparing for the arrival up to 2,300 Syrian refugees in Calgary — possibly over the next six to eight weeks.

The typical number of refugees who arrive in Calgary is 900 to 1,100 people over the course of a year.

"It will be chaos," said Fariborz Birjandian, who heads CCIS — the largest immigration organization in southern Alberta.

The Liberal government has committed to taking in 25,000 Syrian refugees — the largest influx of migrants in Canadian history — by the end of the year.

At least 3,000 are expected to arrive in communities across Alberta.

Another side to this is that refugees from other regions who have been waiting years in some cases will continue to have to wait longer to get into Canada.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manito...nger-1.3313833

Members of a group that helps sponsor and settle refugees worry about what will happen to the thousands of refugees already waiting to come to Manitoba when Syrian refugees start arriving.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed to bringing 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada before the end of the year.

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Tom Denton, executive director of administration and sponsorship for Hospitality House Refugee Ministry, said he welcomes the Syrian refugees, but wonders what will happen to those already waiting to come to Canada.

"In fact, there's about 22,000 or 23,000 non-Syrian, non-Iraqi refugees that have been sponsored and have been waiting for years, like typically four to five years. Ourselves, we're landing about 50 a month here in Winnipeg, and most of them have been waiting for four or five, even eight years to get here," Denton said.

Over the past several years there have been restrictions on the number of refugees allowed into the country.