Haitian Montrealers have written an open letter to both the Quebec and Canadian governments asking help for a special program for people immigrating from Haiti to escape the violence there.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re trying to not just survive,\u201d Haitian Montrealer Manuel Mathieu stresses. \u201cThey\u2019re trying not to die.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there should be a program specially for Haiti in the particular context that we\u2019re in right now,\u201d Manuel points out, \u201cbecause this is a situation that\u2019s never been seen.\u201d<\/p>\n
This letter, which has also been signed by young Haitians in Quebec, proposes that something be done for Haitian asylum seekers in Quebec.<\/p>\n
\u201cReally making sure that measures for asylum seekers are put in place,\u201d Marina argues.<\/p>\n
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Can signing up for internet and mobile services help you build your credit score?<\/a> \u201cIt\u2019s a matter of survival,\u201d she further says. \u201cCertain people cannot go back because they have nowhere to go back to.\u201d<\/p>\n Thousands of Haitians are seeking refuge in Quebec, among whom are hundreds whose application for refugee status has already been denied, as per community groups.<\/p>\n They are in limbo and have not been removed yet because of an Administrative Stay on Removals.<\/p>\n According to Frantz Andre, who is in charge of the advocacy group Comit\u00e9 d\u2019Actions des Personnes Sans Statut, Ottawa should grant asylum seekers in Canada PR for humanitarian reasons.<\/p>\n Moreover, he argues for an expedited family reunification process for Haitians, owing to the dire and rapidly escalating situation in their country.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s taking so much time,\u201d says Andr\u00e9. \u201cTwo of the families are people that were administratively accepted, they got killed by the gangs.\u201d<\/p>\n Canada launched a family-based humanitarian program for Colombians, Haitians, and Venezuelans<\/a> in 2023, under which it promised to take 11,000 people with family in Canada and:<\/p>\n The official website for the program says that it may have reached its capacity<\/a> as of December 30, 2023, and is assessing the ones that have been submitted already.<\/p>\n Watch Video<\/b><\/p>\n
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