This is great.
I think you need both. I think you need people who want to help those they know. That's essential, but you also want to not forget about those who are left behind. There are a lot of groups who would like to sponsor anyone, obviously, based on vulnerability and that would be helpful.
The other aspect, which is almost what Mr. Aboultaif had stated, is actually the opposite of that. In some cases people want to go to regions like Vancouver or Toronto where they have community, but the need is actually in a lot of other places. Atlantic Canada has done a special study. Atlantic Canada needs immigrants. It has a receding population in many cities and provinces. How can we encourage residents in communities there to sponsor refugees like this and then help them settle and establish roots there?
Have there been successful models or organizations that have done this that we can emulate?