Refuge for newcomers in Montreal North
Le Devoir tells about a Montreal North centre that assists newcomers and asylum seekers with no public grant to sustain it. This story reminds us that the people who reached Roxham Road often did so after a thousand‑kilometer trek, often with children, and often with all their meager possessions on their backs, so that even slave labour in Canada seems better than what they had before.
New arrivals also often have a lot of trouble finding a place to live.
Chris 10:14 on 2023-04-15 Permalink
Not ‘seems better’. For many it’s objective better. 🙁
Kate 10:16 on 2023-04-15 Permalink
I meant “seems” in the sense of what they hope for. They can’t know what it will be like till they get here, and – going by this story and many others – it isn’t always a bed of roses here either.