Asylum Seekers Canada
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Ottawa to give Quebec $750M for surge in temporary immigrantsThe federal government is offering Quebec $750 million to help pay for a surge in temporary immigrants to the province, federal officials say.CanadaJun 10
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Montreal family fighting deportation to Nigeria can stay for now, advocates saySince the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Adegboye and her husband have worked as orderlies providing health care to vulnerable patients.CanadaApr 2
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Housing asylum seekers at Niagara hotels cost Canada more than $100 millionNewly released figures from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada show the federal government spent more than $100 million housing asylum seekers at hotels.CanadaMar 26
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Trudeau rejects Quebec’s ask for total powers on immigrationPrime 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.CanadaMar 15
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Ottawa poised to restore visa requirements for Mexicans, Quebec saysThe Quebec government says it has been told by Ottawa that the federal government plans to bring back visa requirements for Mexican nationals.CanadaFeb 28
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Toronto getting $143 million in federal funding for asylum seeker shelter supportEarlier this week, Immigration Minister Marc Miller had announced Ottawa would spend $362 million to help cities and provinces house asylum seekers.CanadaFeb 2
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Asylum seekers coming through Montreal airport in record numbersRoxham 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.PoliticsFeb 1
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Ottawa commits $362M to help provinces, municipalities house asylum seekersThe 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.CanadaJan 31
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Influx of asylum claimants flooding shelters, social services in OttawaFemi Biobaku is just one of nearly 92,000 asylum claimants who fled to Canada in 2022, and around 70,000 more have arrived since, according to the federal government.CanadaAug 28, 2023
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Canada can jail asylum seekers indefinitely — but now there’s a movement to change thatAsylum seekers in Canada say they've experienced severe mental health issues while in immigration detention, including depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughtsInvestigationsOct 14, 2022
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