Sunday, August 6, 2017
Hundreds gather outside Olympic Stadium in support of refugees
Just outside of which approximately 500 asylum seekers are housed in a temporary shelter in Montreal's Olympic Stadium, hundreds gathered for a demonstration to show their support for refugees.
"We can not have a foreign planet earth, John S. 7, a participant in the demonstration, said.
"Who tells us not only that the next Canadian astronaut crossed the border today? '
Despite the recent surge in asylum seekers, who were attending a Sunday country hopes to receive even more.
"Today these people as refugees but they do not know what will happen tomorrow," said Saint-7. "So let's make sure we invest in what he sees and a good risk for them."
Those in support of refugees hope they can have a bright future in Canada.
“I’m hoping they get status and can build their lives,” Jaggi Singh, Solidarity Across Borders member, said. “I’m hoping that the basic dignity, the dreams they have as human beings that they can realize them like any of us.”
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