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    Olympic Stadium In Montreal Turned Into Welcome Center For Refugees From U.S.

    Asylum seekers have flooded from the U.S. to Quebec — mostly Haitians, worried about their status under the Trump Administration. Now a famous stadium is equipped with cots to help handle the surge.
    by Camila Domonoske Aug 02, 2017 2 minutes
    Montreal's iconic Olympic Stadium, photographed in 2012, is now providing housing for newly arrived asylum seekers entering Canada from the U.S.

    Faced with a flood of asylum seekers traveling from the United States into Quebec, Canada, local authorities have repurposed Montreal's Olympic Stadium and turned it into a refugee welcome center.

    A spokesperson for PRAIDA, the local government agency that helps refugees, more than 1,000 asylum seekers crossed the border into Quebec last month. "In comparison, PRAIDA helped

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