Newly released figures from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada show the federal government spent more than $100 million housing asylum seekers at hotels in Niagara Falls over the last year. Nearly 5,000 asylum seekers were sent to hotels in the tourist city between Feb. 1, 2023, and Feb. 1, 2024, according to the immigration department. … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is refusing to give Quebec total control over immigration, as tensions between the province and Ottawa deepen over an influx of asylum seekers. Trudeau met with Quebec Premier François Legault Friday morning in Montreal to discuss the issue. Legault said in the national … Read more
The Quebec government says it has been told by Ottawa that the federal government plans to bring back visa requirements for Mexican nationals, something Premier Francois Legault has been pushing for to curb the rising number of asylum seekers to the province. When asked by Global News if the Quebec government has been informed that … Read more
Roxham Road, a notorious unofficial border crossing, might be closed but as advocates predicted, asylum seekers have found another way to enter Canada in record numbers: Montreal’s Trudeau Airport. Arturo Nava is fresh off a flight from Mexico City, ready to start a new life in Canada. The petrochemical engineer came on a tourist visa, … Read more
The federal government is allocating an additional $362.4 million to help provinces, territories and municipalities house a growing influx of asylum seekers, Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced Wednesday. The new funding will come from the Interim Housing Assistance Program, which assists provincial and municipal governments with the costs of operating shelter spaces for refugees, including … Read more
