Quebec’s Social Services Under Pressure by Influx of Asylum Seekers

Quebec’s Social Services Under Pressure by Influx of Asylum Seekers
Welcome Hall Mission CEO Sam Watts stands next to pallets of food in the food bank’s warehouse in Montreal on March 14, 2017. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
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The influx of asylum seekers to Quebec is putting pressure on the province’s social services network, with homeless shelters in Montreal bearing the brunt.

France Labelle, with a youth homeless shelter in downtown Montreal, says a rising number of requests for beds is coming from asylum seekers, who she says compose about 10 percent of her clientele.