According to the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Solidarity, there was an increase of almost 27 per cent in the number of asylum seekers requesting social assistance.
More than half of all asylum seekers currently residing in Canada —160,651 people out of 289,047 — are in Quebec.The Quebec government is calling on Ottawa to reimburse $1 billion — the amount the province says it has spent to welcome a growing number of asylum seekers.
As of Dec. 31, 55 per cent of asylum seekers currently residing in Canada — 160,651 people out of 289,047 — are in Quebec. It also wants Ottawa to close loopholes that it says would allow criminal groups to infiltrate Canada and to reimburse the province for all costs linked to welcoming asylum seekers from 2021 to 2023.
Fréchette pointed to the four maritime provinces, which together received a total of 380 asylum seekers in 2023, compared to Quebec's 65,570.in March 2023, the five main countries of origin of asylum seekers who stayed in the province are Mexico, India, Haiti, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Senegal.
In the past couple of years, requests for social assistance by asylum seekers have grown from 27,099 in October 2022 to 43,174 in October 2023, according to ministry data.So far, discussions with Ottawa haven't led to an agreement. The federal government transferred $100 million to Quebec three weeks ago to support a program to house migrants, but Fréchette said the injection is "clearly insufficient.
There are 1,200 French-language classes for newcomers in Quebec, which is the equivalent of 52 elementary schools, Drainville said. Montreal's French school service centre has been receiving 80 new registrations per week.At this rate, he says the province would need to open three to four new elementary schools by the end of the school year just to teach young asylum seekers French.
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