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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...ters-1.3705821

Unemployed Albertans moving west in search of work are flooding Vancouver's homeless shelters, says a social worker in that city's downtown eastside.

"As the downturn takes its toll, we've seen an increasing number in our shelter, coming to Vancouver looking to change their life," said Jeremy Hunka, a spokesperson with the Union Gospel Mission.

"They're forced to move, or they feel like they need to move because they just don't have the job opportunities."

The mission has seen a 50-per-cent increase in the number of patrons coming to the shelter from outside B.C.

Five to 15 per cent of the shelter beds are now filled by Albertans.