Surrey, B.C., has long been an affordable alternative to Vancouver. It’s also traditionally been an enclave for immigrants, many of them South Asian.
But as the affordable housing crisis deepens, some settlement workers and immigration experts say newcomers are moving further afield — and away from the services, communities and infrastructure that is there to support them.
“They’re being priced out of these historic cities where they felt a lot of safety,” said Meheret Bisrat, senior manager of community development with DiverseCity Community Resources Society.
“I don’t know what that will mean when they don’t have some of those safety nets.”
‘People want to move to other areas’
Bisrat says places like Surrey and
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