From Vietnam to Syria, how refugees have found new lives in Canada

In 2016, Canada accepted over 25,000 refugees from Syria.  As the video above shows, the past year has been challenging, and there are still many hurdles to be overcome for people fleeing the destruction of their homes, families, way of life.  

If there is any kind of roadmap ahead, for both our nation and the people to whom we've opened our doors, it might be found in another group of refugees from 40 years ago.  The 60,000 so-called "Boat People" of Vietnam are the largest single group of people brought to Canada as refugees.

This group, too, fled a civil war in their homeland, undertook dangerous water crossings, found themselves crammed into makeshift refugee camps, and gave up everything for a chance at a better life.  On this week's Then Vs. Now, we look at one group as an example of how the other might fare.