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Toronto officials say they are activating an emergency plan and converting two community college residences into temporary housing for refugee claimants, as a stream of asylum seekers overwhelms the city’s already strained homeless shelter system.
The sites, which have been provided by provincial officials, have 400 beds each. The province is covering $3-million of the estimated $6-million cost to operate the new sites using Red Cross staff, the city says.
City officials say there are 2,700 refugee claimants in the city’s jammed shelter system and that an average of 10 arrive every day. Since April 19, 368 refugee claimants have arrived, they say, most after crossing into Quebec from the United States.
Toronto officials say they are activating an emergency plan and converting two community college residences into temporary housing for refugee claimants, as a stream of asylum seekers overwhelms the city’s already strained homeless shelter system.
The sites, which have been provided by provincial officials, have 400 beds each. The province is covering $3-million of the estimated $6-million cost to operate the new sites using Red Cross staff, the city says.
City officials say there are 2,700 refugee claimants in the city’s jammed shelter system and that an average of 10 arrive every day. Since April 19, 368 refugee claimants have arrived, they say, most after crossing into Quebec from the United States.