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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 21, 2023 10:59 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto’s ombudsman is launching an investigation into the city’s decision to deny refugee claimants space in city shelters and direct them to federal programs. Ombudsman Kwame Addo says the investigation will …
Read More »Anger growing over lack of government support for Toronto asylum seekers – Toronto
It’s been weeks since church groups stepped in to provide shelter for dozens of refugees left on the concrete outside a Toronto homeless intake centre, but anger is growing as their resources are stretched thin. Revivaltime Tabernacle is one of the Black-led churches providing shelter for the refugees. When it …
Read More »Toronto is in a housing ‘crisis’ leaving newcomers, residents in the lurch
This is the third instalment of New Roots, a series from Global News that looks at how evolving migration patterns and affordability challenges have changed life in communities across Canada since the COVID-19 pandemic. Toronto is in the midst of a serious housing crisis — one that is having …
Read More »Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow tours church housing refugees, calls on feds to visit – Toronto
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is calling on newly minted federal cabinet members to visit churches that have been housing refugees and asylum-seekers in recent weeks. Speaking in front of makeshift beds set up at a church in Toronto’s north end, Chow invited Immigration Minister Marc Miller and Housing Minister Sean …
Read More »Asylum seekers, refugees relocated from downtown Toronto streets to North York church – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Asylum seekers and refugees who were camped out along the streets of downtown Toronto waiting for shelter and housing have been temporarily relocated to a church in North York. Dozens of people had been living in tents along Richmond and Peter streets …
Read More »Advocates call for urgent response to Toronto shelter system issues affecting asylum seekers
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 14, 2023 11:56 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Advocacy groups and shelter operators are calling on all levels of government to immediately help Toronto’s overstretched shelter system cope with the high numbers of refugee claimants who are …
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