City Council - March 11, 2024 - Minutes - City of Richmond, BC

11 . REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS IN RICHMOND SHELTER (File Ref. No. 08-4057-11-01) (REDMS No. 7611268, 7607630) ( 1 ) Ask the Federal Government to provide temporary housing for Refugees and Asylum seekers or alternatively pay the City of Richmond for use of city facilities; and ( 2 ) Whereas with increasing global migration, Canada is experiencing a rise in the number of people claiming asylum, some of whom do not have accommodation and seek temporary shelter in local emergency shelters, thus taking capacity from the increasing number of local residents experiencing homelessness in many municipalities thereby leaving residents without shelter; And whereas Immigration and Refugee services are a Federal responsibility and municipalities frequently lack adequate numbers of shelter beds for members of their community: Therefore be it resolved that the Province of BC lobby the Government of Canada for funding and that this funding be provided to municipalities to enable the provision of temporary shelter and services for asylum claimants that will provide relief to emergency shelters and allow the local homeless population to access shelters in their own communities. Whereas with increasing global migration, Canada is experiencing a rise in the number of people claiming asylum, some of whom do not have accommodation and seek temporary shelter in local emergency shelters, thus taking capacity from the increasing number of local residents experiencing homelessness in many municipalities thereby leaving residents without shelter; And whereas Immigration and Refugee services are a Federal responsibility and municipalities frequently lack adequate numbers of shelter beds for members of their community: Therefore be it resolved that the Province of BC lobby the Government of Canada for funding and that this funding be provided to municipalities to enable the provision of temporary shelter and services for asylum claimants that will provide relief to emergency shelters and allow the local homeless population to access shelters in their own communities. ADOPTED ON CONSENT

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