Current number of approved spaces isn’t enough as the city’s housing crisis grows
Thousands of refugee claimants are in homeless shelters across Toronto, as stays grow longer amid a housing affordabilityAccording to city data, refugees and asylum seekers accounted for 30 per cent of total occupancy in the municipal shelter system as of March, with average stays reaching four to six months. The pressure on the shelter system has prompted the city’s government to press Ottawa for more funding.
The federal government has faced political pressure in recent months to address the rise in asylum seekers entering the country, particularly from Quebec Premier François Legault, who has protested the strain that the influx of irregular crossings has put on his province’s social services. Smaller communities, where the federal government has transferred thousands of migrants, in an attempt to ease the pressures on Quebec, have begun to raise similar concerns.
In Toronto, where Mr. Tanner said at least half of asylum seekers are arriving via Pearson Airport or The system as a whole is chronically full. The average number of people turned away from the system each day in January was 117 , according to city data. In February, that number was 72. Though Sojourn House is considered an emergency shelter, Ms. Hill-Corrigan said, “I think you have to consider that we’ve become housing, because it takes people so long to move.”
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