Housing asylum seekers at Niagara hotels cost Canada more than $100 million
Newly released figures from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada show the federal government spent more than $100 million housing asylum seekers at hotels.
Canada
Mar 26
Quebec isn’t serious in discussing asylum seeker costs, Ottawa says
Marc Miller told reporters in Ottawa Tuesday that Quebec provincial politicians seem to prefer to negotiate in public, which he says isn't the way "responsible governments" behave.
Canada
Feb 27
Quebec demands $1B in compensation from Ottawa over ‘inaction’ on asylum seekers
Four provincial ministers say Quebec, which has less than a quarter of the Canadian population, receives 55 per cent of all asylum seekers.
Canada
Feb 20
Haitian Montrealers call for special program for those immigrating from home country
Given the situation in Haiti now, advocates believe the Canadian government should grant the asylum seekers in Canada permanent residency status on humanitarian grounds.
Canada
Mar 27
Quebec bar slams Legault for questioning independence of federally appointed judges
The comments from the Barreau du Québec follow Legault's statements Thursday accusing the PQ leader of prostrating himself before Ottawa regarding a Court of Appeal decision.
Politics
Feb 23
Influx of newcomers causing stress for Winnipeg shelters
The call for help from shelters in British Columbia to provide housing for refugees and asylum seekers is a familiar refrain for organizations here in Manitoba.
Canada
Mar 13
Trudeau rejects Quebec’s ask for total powers on immigration
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is refusing to give Quebec total control over immigration, as tensions between the province and Ottawa deepen over an influx of asylum seekers.
Canada
Mar 15
Quebec looks to Supreme Court to stop asylum seekers’ access to subsidized daycare
The case originated with a woman from the Democratic Republic of Congo who had a work permit but whose three children were denied spaces in the heavily subsidized daycare system.
Canada
Feb 21
Non-French-speaking asylum seekers should be encouraged to move outside Quebec, commissioner says
Quebec's commissioner for the French language says temporary immigration is contributing to the decline of the French language in Quebec, including an increase in asylum seekers.
Canada
Feb 15
Toronto getting $143 million in federal funding for asylum seeker shelter support
Earlier this week, Immigration Minister Marc Miller had announced Ottawa would spend $362 million to help cities and provinces house asylum seekers.
Canada
Feb 2
Asylum seekers coming through Montreal airport in record numbers
Roxham Road, an unofficial border crossing, might be closed but asylum seekers have found another way to enter Canada in record numbers: Montreal's Trudeau Airport.
Politics
Feb 1
Ottawa commits $362M to help provinces, municipalities house asylum seekers
The new funding will come from the Interim Housing Assistance Program, which assists provincial and municipal governments with the costs of operating shelter spaces for refugees.
Canada
Jan 31
As Quebec warns of asylum ‘breaking point,’ Ottawa assures assistance
Quebec Premier François Legault is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to slow the influx of asylum seekers entering his province, which he said is nearing a "breaking point."
Canada
Jan 18
Migrant protest demands regularization and end of ‘scapegoating’
Hundreds of migrants and their supporters marched through the streets of Montreal demanding regularization for all and for an end to the scapegoating of migrants.
Canada
Mar 16
Second African migrant dies while waiting for shelter space in Mississauga
Advocates on Friday issued pleas for help after a second African migrant died while waiting for space at a Mississauga shelter.
Canada
Feb 23
Ottawa poised to restore visa requirements for Mexicans, Quebec says
The Quebec government says it has been told by Ottawa that the federal government plans to bring back visa requirements for Mexican nationals.
Canada
Feb 28
Canada’s Mexico visa rule change ‘had to happen’ after asylum spike: minister
The Liberals lifted the visa requirement in 2016, making it easier for people from Mexico to make an asylum claim. Quebec's premier says his province is at a 'breaking point.'
Canada
Feb 29
For the 1st time, Canada will set targets for temporary residents
Temporary residents make up 6.2 per cent of Canada’s entire population. Over the next three years, the government plans to bring that percentage down to five per cent.
Canada
Mar 21
Germany has taken in 1.1M Ukrainians and is running out of places to house them
A decommissioned airport in Berlin was supposed to house Ukrainian refugees for one or two days. Now, thousands have been living there for months with nowhere else to go.
World
Feb 18
U.S., Mexico agree to tackle record migration as thousands surge toward border
A caravan of migrants and asylum seekers, many with small children, were trekking north to the U.S.-Mexico border as the two countries announced they were working together.
World
Dec 28, 2023