The federal government has spent over $426 million this fiscal year on temporary accommodations like hotels for asylum claimants.
WATCH: Finding affordable permanent homes for refugees is a growing concern in Calgary and across the country. Carolyn Kury de Castillo reports.
That number is down from 2022, when there was a bottleneck trying to move people from hotels to permanent housing. Narula said refugees stay around three to four weeks in hotels but times vary depending on if they have large families or have accessibility issues. “Whenever you’re in limbo, it causes a lot of stress. It’s not that they’re not comfortable, but the fact that they don’t know what’s coming I think causes a lot of anxiety,” Narula said.Narula suggests Calgary could look at solutions that countries like Norway and Germany have been using like repurposing older buildings, using modular housing and adjusting city policy.
IRCC said in a statement to Global News that Canada is “not immune” to the “unprecedented flows of migrants and refugees” in the world.
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