All of Asuman Najib Ssali’s worldly belongings hang from a tree outside a downtown Toronto shelter.
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.The groups said that all levels of government should be ashamed for not doing enough to help many of the asylum seekers who’ve recently arrived in the city.
A grey pickup truck rolled up outside a City of Toronto shelter on Peter St. – where refugees who have come to Canada from nations like Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, have been sleeping on the street as they wait for housing – on Friday, July 14, 2023.Toronto’s Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie said back in May that the number of asylum seekers in the city’s shelter system grew by 500% in 20 months from a low of 530 per night in September 2021 to more than 2,800 throughout the month of May this year.
“I am looking for concrete solutions for the end of the immediate crisis, as well as a longer-term action plan to provide refugees dignified shelter and housing when they arrive,” read the statement. “Further, I am seeking a partnership that includes the city contributing on a significant expansion of the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit, a rent supplement program, so that we can move people into housing,” read the statement.
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