Last year we saw more than 1,270 claimants cross the B.C. border, a 76 per cent increase over 2016.

A new report released by the Immigrant Services Society of BC (ISSofBC) suggests Syrian refugees who have settled in British Columbia since last year are actively looking for work, but are sometimes in a fragile emotional state that makes it harder to integrate into their new surroundings.

British Columbians continue to open their homes to Syrian refugees despite recent terrorist attacks in Paris.