Refugee Claimants: Government Benefits and Weather Months

refugee claimants: Can you imagine what is going to happen to us when the weather improves said Abdi Ahmed, a co-ordinator with the group, according to CTV. Now we have mostly single people coming across. Some 169 people have crossed the border on foot in sub-zero temperatures this year -- an unprecedented amount for the cold weather months, according to Immigration Partnership Winnipeg, one of 23 agencies that work with The United Way to help newcomers. We will have families and we will have many people coming across when the weather improves. Until then, they are given shelter and other help by non-profit agencies. Refugee claimants must wait 30 days before they can apply for a work permit and some government benefits. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.