According to a new study from the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy, there are approximately one million refugees in Canada and their struggle is real.
The study shows the median salary for a refugee who’s been in Canada for a decade is $27,000. That’s $14,000 less than the national median.
Saskatoon Open Door Society CEO Ali Abukar says this is not enough.
“Well obviously people are worried about money, and I think they are in the same boat as a lot of the low-income people in Canada,” said Abukar.
He says refugees in Canada encounter many obstacles, including “language, culture, education, as well as discrimination and racism that a lot of immigrants face.”
