As dozens of refugees and asylum seekers continue to camp outside a downtown Toronto shelter, a group of more than 20 advocates is calling on the head of the city's shelter system to resign over actions they say have exacerbated the crisis.
As dozens of refugees and asylum seekers continue to camp outside a downtown Toronto shelter, a group of more than 20 advocates is calling on the head of Toronto's shelter system to resign over "repeated mismanagement" that they say has exacerbated the crisis.
They say excluding asylum seekers from the shelter system violates Toronto's Sanctuary City policy, fuels xenophobia and uses refugees as bargaining chips."[It] is also telling refugees seeking shelter to call Service Canada in a cruel wild-goose-chase, knowing it cannot lead anywhere." "It also has a shelter standards policy and so regardless of who is responsible for the funding, regardless of immigration status, you have a right to access the shelter system," Withers saidThe city said in May that the number of asylum seekers in Toronto's shelter system grew by 500 per cent in 20 months from a low of 530 per night in September 2021 to more than 2,800 in May.
"Our shelters are full. This is due to many complex reasons, but this fact remains," Johnson said, in response to the letter. "We need all hands on deck right now to resolve this crisis," Chow said in a statement to CBC Toronto Monday. She said she expects "tangible solutions" from all three levels of government when senior staff meet Tuesday.In a statement Monday, NDP Leader Marit Stiles called on Ontario Premier Doug Ford to provide immediate emergency funding to municipalities to shelter and house refugee and asylum seekers.
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