Welcome to Canada! The PM greets Syrian refugees

Thursday night, 163 Syrian refugees arrived in Canada and were greeted by a Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, local and federal politicians and people who just wanted to give the Syrians a warm welcome also gathered. "They step off the plane as refugees, but they walk out of this terminal as permanent residents of Canada with social insurance numbers, with health cards and with an opportunity to become full Canadians," said Trudeau. Below, photos from the night:

Meanwhile in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau helping a new refugee from Syria. 158 of them were welcomed like rock star at Toronto International Airport on Thursday night. #welcomerefugees #refugeeswelcome #welcometocanada #refugees #Canada #Syria

A photo posted by Pierre (@ferlandstagram) on Dec 10, 2015 at 11:24pm PST

Now this is how you welcome new Canadians to your country. Only the Canadian PM would ever do that #welcomerefugees #newhome A photo posted by MadridLoverCR7 (@ronaldosgirl7) on Dec 11, 2015 at 4:16am PST

Canada Prime Minister JustinTrudeau helping Syrian refugees find a winter coat from donation upon arrival at Toronto International Airport. What a moment! #WelcomeRefugees #refugees #refugeeswelcome #Canada #toronto #refugeescrisis #syrian #Syria #Canadian #muslim

A photo posted by Pierre (@ferlandstagram) on Dec 10, 2015 at 10:25pm PST

The first flight of Government of Canada sponsored Syrian refugees has arrived at our Infield Terminal. Welcome to Canada! #WelcomeRefugees #PearsonPOV #ReadytoWelcome #SyrianRefugees A photo posted by Toronto Pearson (@torontopearson) on Dec 10, 2015 at 8:49pm PST

#welcometocanada #ahlanwasahlan #Syrian families

A photo posted by PakStar Media (@pakstarmedia) on Dec 10, 2015 at 11:12pm PST

#Love Heart is full this morning. Syrian refugees landed in #Toronto last night. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was at the gate to meet and greet them and offer them the love and support of his country. #Canada #syrianrefugees #justintrudeau Proud to be #Canadian #WelcomeToCanada 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 A photo posted by Kevin Thomas Craig (@kevinthomascraig) on Dec 11, 2015 at 3:41am PST

#Repost @steverussell Youngsters Maryam, 8, and Nora,4, Kasmeih hold up signs the made as they hope to greet Syrian refugees. Their mother Mona Hannora, right and her cousin Alyaa, left are originally from Syria. #welcometocanada🇨🇦 #welcometocanada #refugees #syrianrefugees #torontostar #toronto #welcometotoronto

A photo posted by Toronto Star (@thetorontostar) on Dec 10, 2015 at 8:08pm PST

Cheers erupted at Toronto's Pearson airport as two families of Syrian refugees emerged from the arrival gate Wednesday night and came face to face with those who brought them to Canada. (📷: Chris Young/The Canadian Press) #WelcometoCanada #refugees #refugeeswelcome #refugeecrisis #GlobalNews #Worldnews #Globalnewsone #Globaltoronto #Toronto #torontopearsonairport #pearsonairport #syrianrefugees #syria #syrian A photo posted by GlobalNewsOne (@globalnewsone) on Dec 10, 2015 at 8:09am PST

So proud of my husband tonight! He and countless other employees at The GTAA have been working tirelessly for weeks to prepare Toronto Pearson Airport for the arrival of the first round of Syrian refugees to Canada. #pearsonairport #gtaa #welcometocanada #syrianrefugees

A photo posted by jessrivacooper (@jessrivacooper) on Dec 10, 2015 at 5:01pm PST

Welcome to #Canada! #WelcomeRefugees #PearsonAirport #Toronto #YYZ #CountryWeWant #TakeThatTrump (via @thetorontostar) #JustinTrudeau A photo posted by yyzgrrl (@yyzgrrl) on Dec 10, 2015 at 11:06pm PST

Welcome, welcome! #welcometocanada #myheart #toronto #syria

A photo posted by Troy (@troyklassen) on Dec 11, 2015 at 4:43am PST

The first bus of Syrian refugees arrives at a #toronto airport hotel. These are some of the first of 25,000 to arrive in #canada. #syrianrefugees #welcometotoronto #torontostar #refugees #welcometocanada🇨🇦 #welcometocanada A photo posted by Steve Russell (@steverussell) on Dec 11, 2015 at 1:09am PST

Awesome to see this at Toronto Pearson International Airport. #WelcomeRefugees #WelcometoCanada #CDNpoli #Canada

A photo posted by Aaron Madar (@aaron_madar) on Dec 10, 2015 at 6:54pm PST

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