Kicha Estimé has a natural tendency to help others but the owner of La Traverse shelter in the Montréal-Nord borough says these days, she has to turn down five to 10 people everyday looking for a place to stay.
The transitional shelter located in a 10-bedroom house has been helping asylum seekers since April, 2020.
Though traffic has always been high, Estimé says demand for help has grown since the Canadian government closed the irregular border crossing at Roxham Road in southern Quebec in March.
“Some people sleep in the streets because they don’t have a place and all the places are full,” said Estimé.
In the last few months, she’s had
