The Canadian Centre for Refugee and Immigrant Health Care is putting out a call to action out of our deep concern for the safety of migrants and refugees who may soon flee the USA to Canada. President-elect Donald Trump has ramped up his deportation plans and rhetoric, threatening millions of so-called “illegal migrants” with “mass deportation” starting the day he takes office.
In the USA, President-Elect Donald Trump is now repeatedly threatening to deport over 1 million migrants and refugees, starting on his first day as President. The first time he scapegoated and vilified refugees was in 2016. His deportations put enough fear in enough asylum seekers in the USA to send over 60,000 of them north, making claims in Canada. Likely a fraction of the actual number. Thousands found their way to our Centre for Care.
The Canadian Centre for Refugee and Immigrant Healthcare (CCRIHC) and the Northpine Foundation are proud to announce a partnership marked by an investment of $1.1 million. This collaboration will bolster CCRIHC’s mission to provide vital healthcare access to Scarborough’s uninsured population.
On March 5th, 2019, CCRIHC’s centre transformed its parking lot into an outdoor COVID-19 treatment clinic. Refugees and other vulnerable newcomers were sent to us by overwhelmed hospital ERs. Many had been denied treatment and turned away. New to Canada, they could not yet show proof of status and health coverage and did not have the $800 the ER required to treat them despite having symptoms of COVID.