After immigrant deaths at border, calls to end US-Canada asylum pact grow louder

Toronto, Canada Reuters Dozens of protesters gathered in front of Canadian Public Safety Minister office in Toronto on Tuesday demanding an end of an asylum treaty between Canada and the United States after eight people died by drowning as they tried to cross into country. The deaths come less than two weeks after the Safe […]
Canada vows to nearly double intake of ‘protected persons’ as refugee family backlog grows

Toronto, Canada Reuters Canada will admit more refugees and their families this year as part of its effort to tackle a global crisis, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marco Mendicino said on Friday. He said Canada will take nearly double the number of protected persons, defined as people who have applied for and been granted […]