{"id":1158,"date":"2018-01-30T02:20:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T02:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2018-01-30T02:20:27","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T02:20:27","slug":"this-is-what-chain-migration-looks-like-no-vetting-for-language-or-employability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=1158","title":{"rendered":"THIS IS WHAT CHAIN MIGRATION LOOKS LIKE &#8212; NO VETTING FOR LANGUAGE OR EMPLOYABILITY!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-detailHeadline\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Stag Medium', Trebuchet; font-size: xx-large;\">THIS IS WHAT CHAIN MIGRATION LOOKS LIKE &#8212; NO VETTING FOR LANGUAGE OR EMPLOYABILITY!<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-detailHeadline\"><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-detailHeadline\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Somali family reaches milestone \u2014 welcomes 150th member to Canadaus Askar fled civil war in Somalia and found refuge in Winnipeg<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-byline\">\n<div class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-bylineDetails\"><span class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-authorText\">Jillian Taylor<\/span><span class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-bullet\">\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<\/span>CBC News<span class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-bullet\">\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<\/span><time class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-timeStamp\" datetime=\"2017-11-09T12:51:54.440Z\">Posted: November 9th 2017, 7:51:54 AM | Last Updated: November 9, 2017<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-imageEl m_8347932203804134064gmail-loaded m_8347932203804134064gmail-lazyImage m_8347932203804134064gmail-smallImage\" src=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/1.4394380.1510202769!\/fileImage\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/16x9_1180\/marcus-askar.jpg?imwidth=100\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"56.25\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-placeholderImage m_8347932203804134064gmail-aspect-56\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-loaded m_8347932203804134064gmail-largeImage\" src=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/1.4394380.1510202769!\/fileImage\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/16x9_1180\/marcus-askar.jpg?imwidth=720\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-imageMedia m_8347932203804134064gmail-leadmedia-story m_8347932203804134064gmail-full\"><span class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-leadimage-caption\">Marcus Askar anxiously awaits his youngest brother&#8217;s arrival in Winnipeg on Wednesday night.\u00a0(Justin Fraser\/ CBC)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-story\">\n<p>A Somali family celebrated a milestone Wednesday night when the 150th\u00a0family member arrived in\u00a0Canada, in the 150th\u00a0year of Canada&#8217;s founding.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am feeling so joyful,&#8221; said\u00a0Marcus\u00a0Askar, who started it all\u00a020 years ago when he\u00a0fled civil war in Somalia and found refuge in Winnipeg.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/manitoba\/extended-somali-family-hits-100-in-winnipeg-1.1086974\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/manitoba\/extended-somali-family-hits-100-in-winnipeg-1.1086974&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1517360739974000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG5hEv_BeDrcKrEvebCmC2zObmCcA\">Extended Somali family hits 100 in Winnipeg<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On Wednesday,\u00a0Askar\u00a0welcomed three relatives\u00a0\u2014 Ismail\u00a0Ali Askar\u00a0(his youngest brother), Ilhan hussen Ahmed\u00a0and Ayanleh hussen Ahmed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have been waiting so long,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t remember his face he was so young\u00a0\u2014\u00a0two or something like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-imageEl m_8347932203804134064gmail-storyImage m_8347932203804134064gmail-loaded m_8347932203804134064gmail-lazyImage m_8347932203804134064gmail-smallImage\" src=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/1.4394376.1510202656!\/fileImage\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/original_1180\/marcus-askar.jpg?imwidth=100\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"56.29\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-placeholderImage m_8347932203804134064gmail-aspect-56\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-loaded m_8347932203804134064gmail-largeImage\" src=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/1.4394376.1510202656!\/fileImage\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/original_1180\/marcus-askar.jpg?imwidth=720\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-imageMedia m_8347932203804134064gmail-image m_8347932203804134064gmail-full\"><span class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-leadimage-caption\">Ismeal Askar cries as he sees his brother Marcus Askar for the first time in 20 years.\u00a0(Justin Fraser\/ CBC)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Askar, who comes from a family of eight boys and five girls, said all but two of his siblings are now in Canada. He said his extended family now lives all across the country\u00a0but every one of them considers Winnipeg to be home.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/manitoba\/marcus-askar-graduation-1.4152946\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/manitoba\/marcus-askar-graduation-1.4152946&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1517360739974000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHqbilsYcujF_4oUabZKD2Pw--UNg\">From Somali refugee to college graduate, Marcus Askar achieves goal 20 years in the making<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hannah\u00a0Askar\u00a0joined her father at the airport to welcome her three new relatives in from Djibouti.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am excited that they are going to start a new life here and hopefully they are comfortable when they get here,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The 14-year-old was born in Winnipeg and said it&#8217;s a new experience for her, welcoming family in from a war-torn country.<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think I would ever be able to understand the struggles that they went through back home, because obviously it&#8217;s hard there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-imageEl m_8347932203804134064gmail-storyImage m_8347932203804134064gmail-loaded m_8347932203804134064gmail-lazyImage m_8347932203804134064gmail-smallImage\" src=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/1.4394381.1510202843!\/fileImage\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/original_1180\/marcus-askar.jpg?imwidth=100\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"56.29\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-placeholderImage m_8347932203804134064gmail-aspect-56\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-loaded m_8347932203804134064gmail-largeImage\" src=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/1.4394381.1510202843!\/fileImage\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/original_1180\/marcus-askar.jpg?imwidth=720\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-imageMedia m_8347932203804134064gmail-image m_8347932203804134064gmail-full\"><span class=\"m_8347932203804134064gmail-leadimage-caption\">The Askar family reached 150 members in Canada on Wednesday night.\u00a0(Justin Fraser\/ CBC)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS IS WHAT CHAIN MIGRATION LOOKS LIKE &#8212; NO VETTING FOR LANGUAGE OR EMPLOYABILITY! Somali family reaches milestone \u2014 welcomes 150th member to Canadaus Askar fled civil war in Somalia and found refuge in Winnipeg Jillian Taylor\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0CBC News\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0Posted: November 9th 2017, 7:51:54 AM | Last Updated: November 9, 2017 Marcus Askar anxiously awaits his youngest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[896,895],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1159,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions\/1159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}