Toronto police are investigating an alleged arson at a hotel temporarily housing asylum seekers amid concerns raised by an immigrant services organization about anti-refugee sentiment circulating online. Police said they are looking for a suspect after a fire was started on the third floor of the Radisson Hotel Toronto East on the night of Oct. 2. But Mario Calla, the executive director of COSTI Immigrant Services, which has been connecting refugee claimants with services in Toronto, said he believes the fire “targeted” the asylum seekers. Calla said the hotel is temporarily housing 577 refugee claimants, most of whom are from Nigeria. “The refugee claimants are good people and they are grateful to be staying at the hotel,” said Calla.

Source: National Post October 13, 2018 19:07 UTC