The only thing Mohammed, a civil war refugee from Syria, knew about Canada was that it's a bit cold. Yet he accepted on the spot when asked if he wanted to settle there and be ready to travel before the end of the year. On Wednesday, less than 24 hours after that fateful phone call from the U.N. refugee agency, the 35-year-old mechanic, his wife and their four young children had cleared a first hurdle — an interview and iris scan at the U.N. compound in the Jordanian capital, Amman. Canada's new fast-track program of resettling 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February holds the promise of a new beginning for Mohammed and his family.A Syrian refugee woman waits at the registration office...
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