Britain and Spain announced over the weekend that they will each bring more than 20 Ukrainian children and their families to cancer wards in their hospitals
In Canada, several organizations have worked together to bring children here, including a group of Canadian Armed Forces veterans.
“Flight details are in flux right now,” he said. But he added that the paperwork for the families is in place because the office of federal Immigration Minister Sean Fraser helped expedite their temporary residence permits. This work and the flight are being funded through donations from Toronto financier Richard Hamm, he said. “This is complex international travel,” Mr. Day said. He added that “we’re not across the finish line yet. It has absolutely been a roller coaster ride.”
A real estate investment trust is providing up to 10 rent-free furnished apartments in Toronto, she said.
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