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The fight over jurisdictional responsibility, funding commitments and care for thousands of refugees in city shelters and church buildings saw the federal minister in charge of the file meeting with Toronto’s mayor, where he said he hadn’t come with the intention of writing a cheque. Minister of Immigration, Refugees and …
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 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 »Appeal for donations for asylum seekers housed in Toronto churches – Toronto
It’s been a dramatic week for hundreds of refugees who had been forced to live on Toronto streets, but even after finding temporary shelter, there is a fresh appeal from those providing it for the many essentials needed to help start a new life. Outside in the church parking lot, …
Read More »Winter closing of Toronto shelter hotel causing ‘chaos’ for some, advocates say – Toronto
With a week to go before homeless residents have to leave a Toronto hotel-turned-shelter, some say they don’t know where they’ll end up once they have to move out while advocates say the timing means many could be left to fend for themselves in the cold. The shelter site at …
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