It was frigid and snowy when Kimberly landed in Toronto from Uganda, seeking asylum with her four-year-old daughter.
They only had enough money to stay at an Airbnb for three days. The single mother kept calling the city’s emergency hotline, but all shelters were full.
When Kimberly finally mentioned that her child couldn’t bear the cold outside, the person on the phone said the best they could do was to bus her and her daughter to a hotel in Niagara Falls.
