Radisson Toronto East Hotel is a hotel in North York, Toronto, Ontario. It is located at 55 Hallcrown Place, immediately north-west of the intersection of Highway 401 and Highway 404.
As of September 2018, there were 400 African refugees staying there long term, causing the media to label it as a refugee camp[1] and refugee hotel.[2] In October 2018, an arsonist started a fire in the hotel, although Toronto Police said there was no indication the fire was an attack on the refugees.[3]
References
- Sue-Ann Levy. LEVY: East-end hotel painted as refugee camp Toronto Sun, 29 September 2018, retrieved 28 November 2018^
- Kamil Karamali. An inside look at Toronto's 'refugee hotel' sheltering hundreds of asylum seekers Global News, 1 November 2018, retrieved 28 November 2018^
- Joe Warmington. WARMINGTON: Facts don't seem to matter in North York hotel fire