Positive Refugee Moment

[Adelaide]

When the zipper on Jo Du’s wedding dress broke just hours before her ceremony, a sense of panic set it. No one in the wedding party knew how to fix the dress or where to find a tailor in Guelph, Ont. on a Sunday.

But, as luck would have it, a Syrian refugee who worked as a tailor in Aleppo for 28 years had moved next door with his family four days earlier.

The serendipitous series of events is a story that the groom says “could only happen in Canada.”

When the woman explained the situation, Hobson said he had something better than tools. Earlier that week, Hobson took in a family of Syrian refugees, one of 50 families being sponsored to live in Canada by Guelph businessman Jim Estill.

Hobson knew that the father, Ibrahim Halil Dudu, was a tailor by trade and had a complete sewing kit inside. And so, with the help of Google Translate, the bridal party explained the situation to the Syrian tailor, who cannot yet speak English.

Syrian tailor living in Canada for just 4 days saves wedding - CBC news

This is a really touching story, especially given the amount of negative press that refugees in many countries are facing. While I think there need to be stricter guidelines for USCIS/CIC when it comes to refugees and I think there should be a safe cap on the amount permitted into both countries based on what is affordable, I think the news coverage on the issue is questionable. Some refugees are a problem, but majority just want many of the the things everyone else wants.

[FindersKeepers]

Syrian tailor living in Canada for just 4 days saves wedding - CBC news

This is a really touching story, especially given the amount of negative press that refugees in many countries are facing. While I think there need to be stricter guidelines for USCIS/CIC when it comes to refugees and I think there should be a safe cap on the amount permitted into both countries based on what is affordable, I think the news coverage on the issue is questionable. Some refugees are a problem, but majority just want many of the the things everyone else wants.

Very nice story.

Most people are good people.

The names distracted me, however. The tailer, "Dudu," helped the bride, "Du."

What are the odds?

[Tahuyaman]

So, someone fixing a zipper somehow proves that there's no need to be concerned about thie issues surrounding Syrian immigrants?

[Peter1469]

On the one hand the regime claims it can take two years to "fully" vet refugees from the ME war zone. Yet within a year of the Bring 10,000 Syrians to the US Now Program we have 11,000 of them. Plus the FBI director testified before Congress that it was impossible to fully vet them.

But then Comey destroyed his reputation for being honest and non-partisan.