For two weeks since fleeing violence in Uganda and arriving in Canada in search of asylum, Prosscovia Namusisi has been sleeping on Toronto's streets. The reason, she says: the city tells them everyday there is no space in any of its shelters.
Momodou Sumbumdu, left, Prosscovia Namusisi, centre, and Asuman Najib Ssali, have been sleeping on the street in front of a Toronto shelter for weeks.
"I ask myself that if there were no people who come and give us some stuff to use, how will we survive?" she said. Diana Chan McNally, a harm reduction case manager with local church and shelter All Saints, says many haven't had access to proper hygiene for days, including one man who now has trench foot.
"We want to welcome people to Toronto, but we're not setting them up for success, and we need our federal partners to step up," McKelvie told CBC Radio'sShe says aside from additional funding, Ottawa needs to help with coordination and offer space to refugee claimants in the other shelters that it operates across the country.
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