Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted March 1, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 1, 2023 It started last summer with 87, grew to 300, and most recently shot up to about 2,000 hotel rooms that were being utilized in Niagara Falls, Ont., to accommodate asylum seekers sent there from Quebec. And with nearly 3,000 migrants in total having been transferred since July, the city's community services are feeling the pressure on their already stretched resources to meet the needs of this sudden influx of people. "We're trying to be good Canadians and do what we always do, which is always lend a hand. But there's limits to everything that we can physically do," said Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati. "It's started to have an impact on our community in a lot of ways." As tensions have simmered in Quebec over the tens of thousands of asylum seekers that have crossed into Canada on foot at the unofficial Roxham Road crossing, some 5,500 migrants have been bused to border towns in Ontario, including Niagara Falls, Windsor and Cornwall. With strained resources and tourism season approaching, Niagara Falls is asking what happens next. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says it began transferring migrants arriving in Quebec to Ontario last July as Quebec's shelter system — and hotels rented by IRCC — reached capacity. In a statement to CBC News, IRCC said that as of Feb. 13, 2,841 individuals have been transferred to Niagara Falls. There's no official breakdown of where all the migrants are travelling from, but home countries include Haiti and Colombia, among others, with people speaking French, Spanish and Haitian Creole. Bused out of Quebec, francophone asylum seekers struggle to get medical services As of Feb. 19, 2023, 951 hotels rooms were occupied by asylum claimants in Niagara Falls, IRCC said, tapering off from the peak. Still, it's unclear when that number could spike again and what impact that might have on the community and its services, especially since some of the hotels are in the heart of the tourist district. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toslow Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Easier to fuck our government over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 (edited) You guys need a fence. here’s a company… Edited March 2, 2023 by Mainecat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hayward Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Was to Niagara Falls about 8 years ago. Never seen so many high-end sports cars and 20 year-olds of Arab decent in my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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