Tears and joy as 166 Ukrainian refugees brought to St. John's by N.L. charter flight

The plane arrived from Poland, where the Newfoundland and Labrador government set up an office to help Ukrainians fleeing Russian attacks resettle in Canada\u0027s…

Byrne says Monday night’s flight is the first government-chartered plane to bring Ukrainians refugees to Canada. Newfoundland and Labrador’s successful efforts to transport and welcome the refugees — from the office in Warsaw to the generous residents on the ground offering whatever they can — is now the “gold standard” for other provinces and countries to follow, he said in an interview earlier Monday.

Marjorie Williams was in the crowd holding up a brightly coloured welcome sign. She was waiting to meet a woman who’d be living in her apartment, after the two met through a local Facebook group aimed at pairing Ukrainians coming to Newfoundland with locals offering housing, supplies and jobs. “This is a pretty big deal right now, it’s incredible,” said Megan Morris, the association’s executive director, who was at the airport helping co-ordinate a team of volunteers who had a school bus waiting to take the refugees where they needed to go.Article content

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