The large, multi-room facility on Yonge Street is expected to house more than 200 people.

Crossing into Canada was difficult, but within just a few weeks Muna Abdi was able to move into an apartment at Welcome Place.

A pregnant woman who walked across the United States border into Manitoba was rescued after she became trapped in a snowbank and appeared to go into labour.

A round-the-clock prayer service to stop an Armenian family being deported from the Netherlands was ended after 96 days on Wednesday, after the government agreed to make an exception to immigration rules.

Andrew Scheer is criticizing Justin Trudeau's plan to sign a UN migration pact, saying Canada's immigration policies should not be dictated by an international agreement.

The 19-year-old suspect is accused of stabbing two American tourists in an unprovoked attack. Prosecutors say the suspect's grievance was with Netherlands, and he didn't know his victims' identities.

Montrealers are rallying on various platforms and in person to try help the Bukola Babayemis, the mother of the six-year-old boy named Bukumi who passed away Monday.

Susanna Feldman was found dead in a wooded area in Wiesbaden, near a refugee centre where the alleged attacker had lived, German police said.

Asylum seekers who cross illegally into Canada — only to wait many months for their refugee claims to be processed — may find their cases finalized sooner as a result of federal changes.

According to Welcome Place, 83 asylum seekers have made their way across the US-Canada border in to Manitoba this year already.