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The city of Montreal is braced for a new influx of asylum seekers in the coming months, but will not be housing them in the Olympic Stadium, the executive-committee member responsible for housing and diversity said Wednesday.

“We’re expecting a flood when the nice weather arrives,” Magda Popeanu said to reporters at city hall after a meeting of the city’s executive committee.

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“We’re prepared. We’ve been working with the office that was set up last year to deal with the migrants who came across the border,” she said.

“We have an action plan for housing them and taking care of them and we’ve also been working hard with the Quebec Department of Immigration and Diversity,” Popeanu said.

The city will use a variety of buildings, such as schools, to house the newcomers, she said. But unlike last year, when beds were set up in the Olympic Stadium, it will not requisition the Big O, she said.

“I hope never to open it,” Popeanu said.