Montreal opens Olympic Stadium to house asylum seekers from US

BY MAX GREENWOOD at the Hill

http://thehill.com/policy/international/345078-montreal-opens-olympic-stadium-to-house-asylum-seekers-from-us

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Montreal's Olympic Stadium has been opened up as a temporary refugee welcome center to house a wave of asylum seekers crossing into Canada from the United States, CBC News reported Wednesday.

"We've never seen this before," said Francine Dupuis, a spokesperson for PRAIDA, the provincial government organization that provides assistance to newly arrived asylum seekers. "It's really quite a bit more intense than what we're used to."

According to CBC News, many of the arrivals are Haitians crossing over from the U.S. after the Trump administration threatened to end the protected status of those who sought refuge in the U.S. after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

The Homeland Security Department extended the benefit in May for six months, but warned that the protection would end soon and that Haitians enrolled in the Temporary Protected Status program should get their affairs in order.


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