Toronto Refugees

• Lack of funding strains Toronto church still caring for refugees

  Sheltering African refugees has become increasingly difficult for the last of three churches that stepped up to help the government last summer. Mark Carcasole reports.

  Canada

  Dec 28, 2023
  
• Refugees moved out of Toronto churches and into hotels across Ontario

  After spending the summer on the streets or crammed into Toronto churches, some migrants are being moved into hotels in other parts of Ontario.

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2023
  
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• Home-sharing platform aims to help refugees, asylum seekers in Toronto

  A home-sharing platform hopes to connect refugees in need of temporary housing with homeowners who have spare rooms to rent, in an effort to help ease Toronto's shelter crisis.

  Canada

  Sep 27, 2023
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• Watchdog to probe Toronto policy to direct shelter-seeking refugee claimants to feds

  Toronto's ombudsman is launching an investigation into the city's decision to deny refugee claimants space in city shelters and direct them to federal programs. 

  Canada

  Sep 21, 2023
• No new money for asylum seekers after Toronto mayor meets refugees minister

  Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Marc Miller, met with Mayor Olivia Chow in her city hall office for a little over an hour on Tuesday.

  Politics

  Sep 12, 2023
• Toronto mayor’s office scrambles to enact refugee policy passed months ago

  Before Chow arrived at city hall, Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie, announced the city's position regarding asylum seekers would be to refer them to the federal government.

  Politics

  Sep 8, 2023
• Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow tours church housing refugees, calls on feds to visit

  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.

  Canada

  Jul 28, 2023
• Asylum seekers, refugees relocated from downtown Toronto streets to North York church

  Asylum seekers and refugees who were camped out along the streets of downtown Toronto waiting for shelter and housing have been temporarily relocated to a church in North York.

  Canada

  Jul 18, 2023
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• Town of Ajax dealing with ‘crisis situation’ after influx of refugees

  The town of Ajax in the Greater Toronto Area says a crisis is brewing after more than 200 displaced newcomers arrived in just one week's time, and resources are already maxed out.

  Canada

  Jul 14, 2023
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• Toronto’s packed shelters to refer asylum seekers to federal programs: deputy mayor

  A city statement says the federal government has provided other municipalities with more funding to address the rising number of refugee claimants in need of shelter.

  Canada

  May 31, 2023