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Montreal neighbourhood to hold vigil after unhoused migrant found dead
- On Tuesday, community organizations in Montreal's Parc-Extension district held a vigil for 42-year-old Manjeet Singh, an unhoused migrant who died in hospital on January 16, 2026.
- Singh, who arrived from India in 2018 as a refugee claimant, became undocumented after his work permit expired in 2022; community worker Amina Saman stated she attempted to help him secure housing in early January.
- Coordinator Amy Darwish noted rent prices in Parc-Extension have skyrocketed since a university campus arrived in 2019, creating exploitative conditions while the neighbourhood lacks emergency shelters or warming centres.
- The vigil follows the Quebec coroner's office launching an inquest into rising homelessness deaths, with statistics showing a sharp increase from 19 deaths in 2020 to 123 in 2024.
- Community organizations are calling for policymakers to establish emergency shelters and adopt a program providing legal status to undocumented migrants, describing Singh's death as "completely preventable and avoidable.
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Montreal neighbourhood to hold vigil after unhoused migrant found dead
MONTRÉAL - Community organizations in Montreal's Parc-Extension district are holding a vigil to remember a 42-year-old unhoused migrant who died earlier this year.
·Toronto, Canada
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