Take Action: Black Asylum Seekers and Refugees

There are many ways to take action in response to the current crisis of Black Refugees and Asylum Seekers who have come to Toronto  to be safe and were forced to sleep in the Street and, the intervention by a north Toronto church group that responded to the need for shelter since none was available.

Refugee and Asylum Seeker Challenges

You can learn more about this situation and consider actions focused on antiracist strategies that welcome and support those who have been forced to leave their families and countries to be safe:

1. Check out Progress Toronto to stay involved

2. Join the Ride for Refugees – Walking with Uprooted People fundraiser on September 23, 2023

3. Information Canada Immigration and Refugee Program

4. Volunteering Opportunities:

   • FCJ Refugee Centre

   • FCJ Health Clinic

   • The Together Project

   • Volunteer + support services and programs supporting Black asylum-seekers + refugees 

   • Romero House

   • Community Health Centres:

     • Black Creek

     • Taibu

     • Unison