Canada is seeing a 130% increase in the number of asylum seekers from Mexico, Haiti, Turkey and elsewhere. Shelter centers from Montreal to Vancouver are overloaded amid an $822 million crisis.
Canada is facing a 130% increase in the number of Mexicans, Haitians and other asylum seekers, overwhelming shelters and forcing authorities to confront a refugee crisis. worth $822 million.
Shelter systems in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver and other Canadian cities are saturated, prompting the Liberal government to take steps to curb the flow of people north.
Canada’s migrant conundrum mirrors similar problems seen in the United States, Britain and the European Union, all of which are struggling to cope with their own influx of people from poorer countries.
In Peel, a Toronto suburb, the shelter system is operating at 300% capacity, with asylum seekers occupying more than 70% of beds and many more camping in the streets, authorities say.
The situation is deplorable,” said Patrick Brown, Mayor of Brampton, Ontario.
The town of Brown, with a population of some 700,000, is close to Toronto Pearson Airport, the busiest in the country.
If Canada is to welcome more asylum seekers, we need to ensure that they are not left behind and, frankly, what we have seen is too often the case.
At the same time, the shelter systems in Montreal, Ottawa and Vancouver are also saturated, which worsens the shortage of places available for the homeless.
The increase in the number of asylum seekers has become a major political issue in many countries, including the United States.
Cities like New York and Chicago face the question of how to handle waves of migrants who have crossed the southern border.
Due to its geography, Canada experiences only a fraction of the number of irregular border crossings as the United States, but the number of air arrivals has increased, particularly from Mexico.
This influx prompted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to change its policy.
