Mayor apologizes for how asylum seekers have been treated, says city will help where it can but urges Ottawa to provide more funds for housing for refugees
Toronto is asking residents to open up their homes and offer available rental units to asylum seekers as more than 200 people remain temporarily sheltered at two North York churches.within the last week, through hotels and an existing emergency shelter, but these spaces are already full.
Many people slept outside as the city and federal government sparred for weeks about who is responsible for footing the bill for providing additional shelter space.’s 9,000-bed shelter system is full most nights. About 300 people are turned away from the system nightly, with half of them being asylum seekers, according to city data.
On a tour of the shelter at the Revivaltime Tabernacle Friday afternoon, Ms. Chow apologized for the way the asylum seekers have been treated and pledged that the city will do what it can to support them. But with limited shelter space and fiscal capacity, she urged the federal government to step in and provide more financial aid.for temporary shelter, but Ms. Chow said that is not enough and will only cover 1,500 beds this year.
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