Many Londoners will have to survive this winter in tent encampments. The dire situation is being exacerbated by the arrival of asylum seekers and newcomers to Canada who are occupying more and more beds inside shelters operated by Mission Services.
Guthrie says his motion is "about relocation to the areas where these individuals need help, and to try to find those solutions as quickly as possible"
A letter, written by Ward 7 Coun. Corrine Rahman, was addressed to council members earlier this week, seeking their support to lobby other levels of government for resources.
According to a letter, Mission Services and the Cross Cultural Learners Centre have created a partnership to address the needs of Asylum seekers that arrive in London—but neither are adequately funded to do so.
The committee endorsed multiple actions to address allegations that homeless people in London are being sent to the city “against their will, or under false pretenses.”