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Asylum seekers.article: Future Narratives and Tragedy Cafe

asylum seekers.article: It's also an environment where people can share why they came to Canada and their hopes for the future narratives many at the centre feel are important to larger conversations about refugees and asylum seekers.article continues below Trending Stories Vancouver High on Life vloggers die in Shannon Falls tragedy Fergie's Cafe in Squamish gutted by early morning fire Annual rent increase may be cut BC housing minister Downtown Eastside Canada's most famous junkie' comes clean One of them is Dennis, a 21-year-old who came to Toronto from an East African country in January 2017, according to Vancouver Courier. He doesn't provide his full name because of concerns about safety and the status of his refugee claim he says he's waiting for a hearing. The FCJ Refugee Centre is a place where those who've been accepted as refugees help others seeking asylum deal with all sorts of practical issues. But he wants to talk. They come to seek protection, he says. Refugees don't come because of the money in social assistance the government gives them. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.