Dozens of refugees that had been camped out on the streets of downtown Toronto for weeks were relocated to a church in North York Monday night.
Paramount Fine Foods Founder Mohamad Fakih helped organize the move, alongside numerous community organizations and volunteers.
“We will be providing them with a place to sleep, to shower and to have a roof over their head on the same night and that's a great success for the entire community,” Fakih said. According to the city, Toronto hasn’t received any new funding for refugee shelter spaces since last year, when the federal government provided money to cover the costs of asylum seekers who accessed Toronto’s shelter system in 2022.
The letter accused the head of Toronto’s shelter system of “repeated mismanagement,” and called on him to step down. “Even in some instances, I'm hearing that they have been taken to places but those people decided to bring them back or the treatment was bad enough that they didn't want to stay. Shame on us all for letting that happen.”
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