Ottawa begins fast-tracking asylum claims from selected countries

Misc CDN | 207041 hits | Feb 05 1:56 am | Posted by: N_Fiddledog

Overwhelmed by asylum claims from irregular migrants crossing the U.S. border, the Immigration and Refugee Board is fast-tracking "less complex" cases from selected countries.

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by N_Fiddledog
Tue Feb 05, 2019 6:30 pm
"A briefing note to Monday's budget committee says Toronto can no longer accommodate an ongoing influx of refugees wanting to be housed in the city's shelter system.

"Toronto's shelter system is in immediate danger of being overwhelmed," says the seven-page update from Paul Raftis, general manager of the city's Shelter, Support and Housing department.

Raftis notes "as we've heard before - that an average of 18 new refugee claimants are seeking accommodation in city shelters daily and from the beginning of last September to the end of the year alone, 2,066 irregular migrants have turned up at Toronto's shelters..."

https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/ ... -claimants

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