Manitoba Asylum Seekers

• Stuck in limbo: Manitoban asylum seekers wait to hear if they can stay

  According to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, 40,000 asylum seekers are currently on the backlog to have their refugee claims heard.

  Canada

  Oct 10, 2017
  
• Winnipeg Harvest experiencing a spike in emergency food calls

  Winnipeg Harvest has run into some challenges as it looks to feed Winnipeg's less fortunate.

  Health

  Oct 3, 2017
  
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• Province to open shelter for asylum seekers near U.S. border

  To ease the influx of refugee claimants heading into Manitoba, the province is setting up a temporary shelter in the border town of Gretna, Man.

  Canada

  May 1, 2017
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• Seeking Asylum: Follow the trail asylum seekers are taking into Manitoba from the U.S.

  The path many asylum seekers to cross over into Canada is an open field with little barriers. There are no trees, rivers or fences separating Manitoba from the U.S., only an imaginary line through fields and highways.

  Canada

  Apr 4, 2017
• Manitoba premier says Ottawa has not replied to request for refugee aid

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has yet to respond to Manitoba's call for help in dealing with an influx of asylum-seekers crossing the border from the United States, Premier Brian Pallister said Thursday.

  Canada

  Mar 10, 2017
• Toronto doctor helps refugees fleeing U.S. for asylum in Canada

  A doctor with Canadian Centre for Refugee and Immigrant Healthcare, said some of his patients have arrived in Ontario after being smuggled across the border in the back of a truck.

  Canada

  Feb 10, 2017