Asylum seekers face hurdles, discrimination as they compete for housing in Montreal

MONTREAL — Pedro Fonseca, a 43-year-old asylum seeker from Colombia, says if he doesn’t start receiving social assistance from the Quebec government soon, he’ll likely become homeless.
He says he could ask family back home for a loan — but his relatives have little money.
“I am trying to be optimistic, but it’s very stressful,” Fonseca said in Spanish during a recent interview at his home in Montreal’s Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie borough.
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