It’s Been One Year Since Thousands Of Refugees From African Countries Were Left to Live On The Streets In Toronto. How Did This Happen And What Happens Next?
An unexpected surge of refugees from African countries began in May 2023, when Toronto’s shelter system was already over capacity with close to 3,000 refugees. The number of asylum seekers in Toronto’s shelter system multiplied by more than 500 percent, from a low of about 530 people per night in September 2021 to more than 2,800 in […]