People walk outside a hotel where asylum seekers are staying, in downtown Niagara Falls, Ont., on Feb. 26, 2023. The federal government spent more than $100-million housing asylum seekers in Niagara Falls hotels between February, 2023, and February, 2024, according to figures obtained by Niagara Falls Conservative MP Tony Baldinelli.
One model being considered could involve installing federal and provincial officials in the converted hotels to provide front-line services to asylum seekers waiting for their cases to be heard, he added. A reply from the federal government to a parliamentary question revealed that almost 5,000 asylum seekers, including from Nigeria, Kenya, Venezuela and Colombia, were accommodated in hotels during this period. On average, refugee claimants stayed 113 days in hotels at aThe estimated overall bill for the year was approximately $115-million, although the figure was incomplete because information was not systematically tracked at the beginning of 2023. When Mr.
The planned reception centre, partly funded by IRCC, would offer up to five days of temporary shelter, legal aid, help with health and social issues and other types of settlement referrals and support the Greater Toronto Area.