Mr. Mark Gwozdecky at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

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December 5th, 2013 / 4:20 p.m.

Director General, Middle East and Maghreb Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

It's a small number by comparison with our biggest resettlement program in the world, which is for Iraqi refugees in Syria. That is upwards of 20,000. That program is pushing towards completion. So by comparison, 1,200 is what I would characterize as a small number.

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