IN PICTURES: Amid administrative hurdles, Syrian refugees settle in Canada

Families are reunited in Toronto (MEE/Benjamin Dooley)

Syrian refugees hold Canadian flags as they get off a bus in Toronto (MEE/Benjamin Dooley)

Christian Syrian refugee arrivals take part in a religious ceremony (MEE/Benjamin Dooley)

Sponsors offer prayers for loved ones (MEE/Benjamin Dooley)

New arrivals wait to be cleared to go to their new homes (MEE/Benjamin Dooley)

Syrian refugees socialise as they wait to be cleared (MEE/Benjamin Dooley)

Refugees and sponsors meet for the first time (MEE/Benjamin Dooley)

A Syrian refugee boy holds a Canadian flag after arriving in Toronto (MEE/Benjamin Dooley)

International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland addresses a town hall meeting in downtown Toronto (MEE/Benjamin Dooley)

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