An asylum seeker died after waiting hours for a shelter space. Advocates are demanding action

An asylum seeker who waited hours in the cold to be allowed inside a died over the weekend, advocates say, demanding immediate action to address growing pressure on the region's already overcrowded shelter system.A view of the shelter at 1767 Dundas St. E. where an asylum seeker spent a night in the lobby on Saturday. She died of a medical emergency on Sunday.

She spent the night there and collapsed in the lobby on Sunday, he said. She was taken to hospital shortly afterwards and died there just after 4:30 p.m. The cause of death has not been released. A spokesperson for Peel Region confirmed to CBC News that the asylum seeker arrived at the shelter over the Family Day weekend only to find there was no space, and died in hospital after spending the night on the floor of the shelter's lobby.

Damerla said the shelter is not to blame for the death. Instead, the death is a sign that the temporary shelter system in Peel Region is overburdened, she said."This just shines a spotlight on the enormous pressure our shelter systems are under," Damerla said on Thursday, adding the woman received timely medical assistance at the shelter and hospital.

"We need to spend and then go to the federal government to be reimbursed if that's what needs to be done."Peel property taxes will have to go up unless Ottawa steps up to cover asylum seeker costs: councillor

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